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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: 5437243 <5437243@naver.com>
Reply-To: merrittnamaka@yahoo.com.my
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2015 00:45:32 +0900 (KST)
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?QXR0ZW50aW9uOiBEZWFyIGJlbG92ZWQ=?=


<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">From Mrs. Merritt Namaka,


<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Attention: Dear beloved,


<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">


<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">My Name is Mrs. Merritt Namaka, from Syria. I know
that this message will be a surprise to you. Firstly, I am married to Mr.
Hassan Namaka, A gold merchant who owns a small gold Mine in Burkina Faso; He
died of Cardiovascular Disease before the uprising in Syria began in mid-March
2011. During his life time he deposited the sum of $7.6Million Dollars) Seven
million six hundred thousand dollars in a bank in Ouagadougou the capital city
of Burkina Faso in West Africa. The deposited money was from the sale of the
shares, death benefits payment and entitlements of my deceased husband by his
company.


<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">


<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">I am sending this message to you praying that it will
reach you in good health, since I myself are not in good health condition in
which I sleep every night without knowing if I may be alive to see the next
day. I am suffering from long time cancer and presently i am partially
suffering from a stroke illness which has become almost impossible for me to
move around. I am married to my late husband for over ten years before he died
and is unfortunately that we don’t have a child, my doctor confided in me that
i have less chance to live. Having known my health condition, I decided to
contact you to claim the fund since I don’t have any relation I grow up from
the orphanage home,


<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">


<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">It is practically impossible to contact anybody in my
country to handle the transaction because of the crisis. This is the reason i
need your services to stand as my next of kin or an executor to claim the funds
for charity purposes. If this money remains unclaimed after my death, the bank
executives or the government will take the money as unclaimed fund and maybe
use it for selfish and worthless ventures, I need a very honest and God fearing
person who can claim this money and use it for Charity works, for orphanages,
widows and also build schools for less privilege that will be named after my
late husband if possible i need your urgent answer to know if you will be able
to execute this project, and I will give you more information on how the fund
will be transferred to your bank account.


<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">


<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Thanks &amp; Best Regards,


<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Mrs. Merritt Namaka,



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