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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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Fraud email example:

From: Miss Zainab <zainabmuatassim@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 22:43:04 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Miss Zainab Muatassim


>From Miss Zainab Muatassim

        After you receive this mail kindly contact me back. Introducing myself, I am Miss Zainab Muatassim, 19 years old and the Only Child of the late DR MOHAMMED MUATASSIM, my father was a former Minister of Petrol in sierra leone and recently an Oil Tycoon from Libya and Saudi Arabia. Al Furat Petroleum Company (AFPC) the leader in the region in Reservoir Management. AFPC was established under Service Contract no. 210 ratified by Law no. 43 of 1977 and named as per decree-law no. 12 in 1985. AFPC is a joint venture company between the General Petroleum Corporation (50%) and private shareholders Exxon Mobil Petroleum Development (EMPD) based Kurdistan Region of Iraq before his sudden death. He was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their business trips recently.And am contacting After going through your profile, So permit me to inform you of my desire of asking you to stand as my next of kin and my late father business
partner in your country and then help me out. I know this may sound strange to you for receiving a mail from an unknown person, but my condition has forced me to do that. After i have gone through your profile on your country Catalog which my late father bought on his last business trip to your country. I took the risky to contact you due to my present situation, hoping that you will not betray me. I believe that my contact with you is not by chance but for the good will of almighty Allah to be done in our life.

      Before the sudden death of my father in a private hospital here in Freetown, he secretly called me at his bed side, when I sat down to listen to him, he started crying and complained that I am too young to be managing my life now with no one to take care of me without knowing that he is leaving me all alone in this wicked world, That I have not finished my university education as he planned for me and he also revealed this to me that he has a sum of $7.5M U.S.D deposited in one of the Finances Firm that has Office In EUROPE which he used my name for the next of kin in depositing of the fund for Oil Field investment in Iraq

        He also explained to me that it was because of his wealth that he is suffering of the poison he recieved from his business associate suspecting to be my uncles that desperate to inherit his inheritance after  years of his suffering. That l should seek for a Allah fearing foreign partner in a foreign country (the country of my choice) where l will transfer this money and use it for proper investment purpose, that I should assure him that I must finish my university education, may be by the help of a business partner abroad, that he or she should help me obtain a resident permit in his or her country.

      There will be no parcentage of the total amount of money as a compensation for your efforts input in this transaction,as far as you are the one who will invest the fund into any profitable venture in your country but my problem is that you should be honest and sincere assist me to further my education in your country while you being handling and control the investment and i will joins you in the investment as soon as I finish my education under your guardian.

       I will fly to meet you there in your country for the investment and to start my new life with you after the success of this transaction, I hope of establishing a rewarding and good relationship with you. I am waiting to hear from you as soon as possible so that I will give you the Finance House consultant firm contact information there and also send you my photos.

Thanks and Allah bless you as you sincerely extend a helping hand to an low privillaged like me who is dearly in need of your honest assistance and due to what happen to me, i have relocate a country called Cote'D Ivoire living in Refugee Camp.

   Best regard.
   Miss Zainab Muatassim

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