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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: rosemary ibrahima <rosemaryibrahima@outlook.com>
Reply-To: <ibrahimarosemarry@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 15:22:45 +0000
Subject: hi dear


Hello ,How


are you doing over there? I hope you are doing well?My
name is Rosemary Tamba . (26 years), i am single, from Gambia, i an my
junion sister are the only child of late.Lang Tombong Tamba, former
chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF); the
former head of the Gambia Navy, also the CEO of Bernard Import and
Export (GAMBIA).As a matter of fact my mother died when i was
barely 4 years old according to my late father and because of the type
of love he had for my mother made him to remain un-married till he left
the ghost..So after the death of my father , his brother (My
Uncle) who is the purchasing and marketing sales
manager of my late fathers company named (Mr. James Tokunbo Oriade
Nechwa) wanted to convert all the
properties and resources of my late father into his which i quarreled
with him and it made him to lay his anger on me to the extent of hiring
an assassins to kill me but to God be the glory i succeeded by making a
way to Senegal with my jinion sister for my dear life. I am more than
happy in your reply to my email and very happy to write to you once
again.Honestly i do live a fearful life even here in Senegal
because of those Assassins coming after me since Senegal and my country
Gambia has a common border.Read about our Father's case: http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/lang-tombong-sarjo-fofana-sink
As a matter of fact i wish not to stay here again; rather i want
leave here immediately.Therefore
I wish to share with you in confidence that before the incident took
place, there was a certain amount of money totaling $4.5 M US Dollars (
four million five hundred thousand US dollars), which my late father
deposited in one of
the leading bank out of my country which i am the next of kin before he
meet his untimely death.Moreover, i wanted to facilitate this
agreement by myself but due i am not capable now, i wish to seek for
your assistance of a long standing relationship of your help in
transferring this my late fathers money into your account in your
country pending my arrival to join you start for a new life over there
you are.Perhaps I disclosed this to you alone with love and
trust which i deposed in you and wish the same from you. Therefore,




I shall give you the bank contact and other necessary information in my
next email if you will only promise me that you will not/never betray
and disclosed this matter to anybody, because, this money is the only
hope we have for survival on earth since we have lost our parents.Moreover



I have the FUND PLACEMENT CERTIFICATE and the DEATH CERTIFICATE here
with me, but before I give you further
information, i will like to know your full data.so that i will
be fully sure that i am not trusting the wrong person. and it will also
give me the mind to send you the bank contact for you to communicate
with them for more verification about this money. and to know you more
better. Meanwhile, you can reach me through my pastor,his name
is Pastor peter lawran, any time you call, tell him that you want to
speak with me he will send for me to speak with you his phone number
is this (+221-76-021-14-02)I awaits to
hearing from you soonest.Thanks,Rosemary

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