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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: mpilo promise <mpilopromise1@yahoo.pt>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 15:07:01 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME


Dearest Beloved,

Please kindly go through this letter before you pass judgment because I am in need of assistance. I am Promise Mpilo the son of late Mr.Victor Mpilo from Sierra Leone.I must confess my agitation is real, and my words is my bond, in this proposal. My late father happens to be in control of a large number of farms including cattles and many sheep before he was poisioned by his foreign business partners in Paris with my mother in one of their farmers association meeting because of greed.

But before his death my late father deposited some amount of money outside our country in a Finance Company in South Africa, at the tone of Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars $12,500.000.00.

Am not safe here as the present government of Sierra Leone are working with almost all the killers of my late father as one of them has been just be made a minister.

I have contacted the institutaion where the money is depsoited and they made me to understand that they signed an agreement with my late father that the total money must be transferred into his foreign business partner account undisclosed to them and that is the major reason why I am contacting you now for assistance.

All I needed from you now is your full names and address including your direct and personal telephone number for easy communication as you know that this transaction is a very confidential one.

Please Kindly get back to me immediately after you must have gone through my message fill free and make it urgent. That is the reason why I offered you 10 % of the total money amount, and in case of any other necessary expenses you might incur during this transaction.

N.B Try and negotiate for me some profitable blue chip investment opportunities which is risky free which I can invest with this money when!
it is transfered from the bank here, personally I am interested in
1)REAL ESTATE
2)TRANSPORT INDUSTRY
3)HOTEL MANEGEMENT

please advise me and promise me to be a father to me considering my situation and not to betray me.
Thanks and God bless you and your family.

Best regards

Promise Mpilo.
YOU CAN REPLY ALSO ON; mpilo_promise@yahoo.pt




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