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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: Tulia Moulacu <tadaomitsuda@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Tulia Moulacu <tuliamoulacu@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 16:54:03 +0900 (JST)
Subject: RE: Reply, Greetings My Dear,


Greetings My Dear,

I'm contacting you based on your good profiles I read and for a good reasons, Though I have not met with you before but I believe through you my funds will be safe and well invested in your country, My late father deals on Crude Oil with Federal Government of South Sudan and he has a personal Oil firms in Bentiu Oil zone town and Upper Nile city. 
I need your wisdom, I'm 19 years old and I don't know whom I can trust, I want to solicit for your partnership with trust to invest my fund in your country

I am in search of a property to buy in your country as I intended to come over to your country to continue my education, my life is at risky here because of the situaton of the country which is the cause of my family death in Bentiu town, I escape when the rebels boost in our house compound and rape my mother and she died after two days.
The total Fund is $6 Million dollars presently in the bank and genuinely realized from my late Father business ,I have the documents along with me, I'm his only child left, I need to be in the school now while you will be handling the fund investments

what type of a profitable Business this fund will be good to invest into it? 

What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for your assistance after the fund transfer to your your country?

Thanks, I'm waiting for your urgent response 

Tulia Moulacu

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