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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: =?UTF-8?B?IkxhYWliYWggSnVzdGluIg==?= <aisha.g15@terra.com>
Date:
Subject:

=E2=80=8BDearest Beloved,

My sincere greetings to you, Please permit= me to introduce myself, My name is Laaibah Justin Yak, 24years old female = (single) originated from South Sudan reside in Burkina Faso. I appeal to yo= u to exercise a little patience and read through my letter although, we hav= e neither met in person but I decided to contact you personally for a long = term business relationship and investment assistance in your country. My fa= ther Dr.Justin Yak Arop was the former Minister for SPLA Affairs and Specia= l Adviser to President Salva Kiir of South Sudan for Decentralization.
<= br>My father Dr.Justin Yak and my mother including other top Military offic= ers and top government officials had been on board when the plane crashed o= n Friday May 02, 2008. You can read more about the crash through the below = site:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7380412.stm 

My late= Father Dr.Justin Yak was an investor, he invested his fund to stock exchan= ge market, Gold storing investment, he was a preference shareholder in Shel= l Petroleum Company and deals in Real Estate building investment.

I = have chosen to contact you after my prayers and I believe that you will not= betray my trust. But rather take me as your own sister. Though you may won= der why I am so soon revealing myself to you without knowing you, well, I w= ill say that my mind convinced me that you are the true person to help me. = I want you to stand as my trustee and clear my inheritance fund to your Ban= k account for investment purpose while I will spend the rest of my life wit= h you after the transfer.

More so, I will like to disclose much to y= ou if you can help me to relocate to your country because my uncle has thre= atened to assassinate me. The amount is $6.5 Million and I have confirmed f= rom the bank. You will also help me to place the money in a more profitable= business venture in your Country. However, you will help by recommending a= nice University in your country so that I can complete my studies. It is m= y intention to compensate you with 25% of the total money for your services= while 5% will be for any expense that may occur during the process and the= balance shall be my capital in your establishment. I have no knowledge of = international transaction of this nature but it occurred to me that transfe= r of this type must involve expenditure.

As soon as I receive your i= nterest in helping me, I will put things into action immediately. In the li= ght of the above, I shall appreciate an urgent message indicating your abil= ity and willingness to handle this transaction,

Please do keep this = only to your self, I beg you not to disclose it till i come over because I = am afraid of my wicked uncle who has threatened to kill me.

Sincerel= y yours,
Laaibah Justin Yak.

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