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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: Susan Saleem <susansaleem30@gmail.com>
Reply-To: susansaleem@gmx.com
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 16:21:31 +0000
Subject: Your Urgent Assistance is Highly Needed Please

Your Urgent Assistance is Highly Needed Please
With Due Respect
Dear One ,

Permit me to inform you of our desire of going into business
relationship with you.
I am quite aware that my message will come to you as a surprise
because it is indeed
very strange for someone you have not met before to contact you in this regard .

I am Miss Susan Saleem 22 years old the only daughter of late
Chief.and Mrs. Dikko Saleem .
My father was a very wealthy Gold and Cocoa merchant in West
African Accra Ghana,
Abidjan Ivory Coast and Lome Togo, in the economic capital Republic
of Togo, my father
was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their
outings on a business
trip . My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took
me so special .

Before the death of my father on October 2013 in a private hospital
here in Lome Togo
he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum
of (Eleven million,
two hundred thousand United State Dollars) ($11.200, 000, 00 US
Dollars) left in fixed / suspense
account in one of the prime bank here in Lome, that he used my name
as his only daughter
for the next of Kin in depositing of the fund .

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was
poisoned by his business
associates. That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of
my choice where I will transfer
this money and use it for investment purpose such as realestate or
hotel management . Dear, I am
honorably seeking your assistance in the following ways :

(1) To provide a bank account into which this money would be transferred to.

(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 22years.

(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further
my education and also to secure a resident permit in your country.

Moreover, Dear I am willing to offer you 30% of the total sum as
compensation for your effort/ input after the successful transfer of
this fund into
your nominated account overseas .

Furthermore, Dear please indicate your interest towards assisting
me as I believe that this transaction would be conclude within seven
(7) days you signify your interest to assist me. Please reply me
through my private
e-mail address susansaleem@gmx.com for more information's

Anticipating to hear from you urgently .

Thanks and God bless .

Yours Sincerely ,

Miss Susan Saleem

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