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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: Sussan Karim <karimsussan1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: sussankarim11@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 23:40:43 +0200
Subject: I need your assisatnce for this transaction,


It is my pleasure to write you after much consideration. My name is Miss
Sussan Karim The only Daughter of late Josephn Karim, from Sierra-Leone (I
am 20years of age. My father was former Director of finance Sierra-Leone
diamond, Gold and Mining Corporation, in Free Town, the economic capital of
Sierra Leon before his untimely death. After his business trip, my father
got an accident with my mother of which my mother died instantly but my
father died five days after in a private hospital in our country. On that
faithful afternoon, I didn’t know that my father was going to leave me
after I had earlier lost my mother, but before he gave up the ghost, it was
as if he knew he was going to die.

My father called me and told me that he deposited the sum of Nine Million,
United State Dollars. USD ($9,000.000.00) left in fixed / suspense account
in one of the prime bank in LOME the economic capital of TOGO. That the
money was meant for his diamond and Gold Company he wanted to establish in
Tunisia, according to my father he deposited the money in suspense account
using my name as the next of kin. My reason to contact you is to assist me
to transfer the fund into your account, my late father made an agreement
with bank I cannot access to this fund due to my age, although the only I
can have acces is by making a chhoice from foreign partner from oversee to
help me transfer the money and invest it. I will further more with you as
soon as I hear from you, I have Agreement Bond between bank and my late
father and also the Deposit Slip of the fund.

I will send you my pictures and prove as soon as i hear from you, I want
you to help me and transfer this my late father fund in your bank account
for my investment purpose, after the transfer I will come over there to
stay with you to further my education there in your country while you will
help me to invest the money in good business, can you help me out?

Miss. Sussan Karim,

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