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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: "Mrs.Siti Rohani Salleh" <mrs.sitisallleh@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs.sitisalleh@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 02:07:23 +0200
Subject: Compliment


Dear Sir/Madam I am sorry to bug your privacy. My name is Siti Rohani Sa=
lleh, I am the wife to late Abu Talib Yadin who happens to be a government =
contractor, trader and a politician. My husband was divisional treasurer of=
trade and contractors of the Malaysian Indian Congress in Perak state. He =
was brutally murdered by opposing members of his party for his straightforw=
ardness and accountability though the government claimed that it was a robb=
ery attack but everybody know it was assassination by some people in govern=
ment. I was lucky to stand this gruesome murder on the night of Friday, 14t=
h September 2012 but they still stabbed me on my abdomen but I was lucky to=
escape. I was rush to the hospital by some neighbors and eventually the sa=
me assassin still came to the hospital in Malaysia just to take my life but=
eventually they miss their access to my ward. So I had to instruct our acc=
ount manager to transfer our money to South Africa where I had to run and s=
eek asylum/refugee. Presently I am in the government hospital. Please cop=
y link below and read more about the incident where my husband was murdered=
on 14th September 2012. http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2012/09/15=
/Trader-killed-in-robbery/ I write you to seek your assistance in the sec=
urity of US$5.5million Deposited by me with a SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK be=
fore I seek refugee/asylum here. The South African reserve bank will allow =
you go on their online banking to transfer the funds. I am the only one wit=
h direct access and information of this deposit. I decided to seek help bec=
ause I have recently been diagnosed of cancer of the lungs which has spread=
and damage a lot of cells and the Doctor has confirmed to me that My days =
are numbered, having received a call from the Reserve bank that they will t=
urn the deposit to its government treasury if I fail to present a represent=
ative for the claim. I seek your assistance to be made the Administrator to=
this inheritance since I have no relative or children. I intend to introdu=
ce you to the director of the bank whom I deem very competent to guide you =
through this claim process. Please get back to me for more information on t=
his inheritance. I was lead by the Almighty to send this mail to you aft=
er serious thought of all emails I saw on the internet. Please treat this s=
eriously and I hope to hear from you soon, so that we can finalize this tra=
nsfer within 3 days, I have all documentation to back up this claim, this i=
s my email address: mrs.sitisalleh@gmail.com Thank you. Mrs.Siti Rohani=
Salleh. Reply me to: mrs.sitisalleh@gmail.com =20

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