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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: Master Jonas Oumar <mrsshwish@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2015 23:07:22 +0000
Subject: Hi dear

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Hi dear,
greetings, i know this mail will surprise you since i do not know you
or meet with you before but i'm of the believe that you will be
touched to assist me out of this
situation after reading through my proposal. i am master Jonas Oumar,
the only child of late Mr. Bamba Oumar, my father was a very wealthy
cocoa merchant based in Cotonou, the economic capital of Benin
republic before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on
one of their outing to discuss on a business trip. before the death of
my father on a private hospital here in Cotonou, he secretly called me
on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of $6.5 million (Six
Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) left in a fixed
deposit in a local security firm, that he used my name as his only son
for the next of kin in deposit of the fund. before he finally died, he
also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was
poisoned by his business associates and i should seek for a foreign
partner in a country of my choice where i will transfer the money and
use it for investment purpose to help my future… dear, it is based on
this that i contact you and i am humble seeking for your sincere
assistance in the following ways.
(1) to help me retrieve the box money out from the security firm and
transfer the money into your personal account for investment program
in your country.
(2) to serve as guardian of the money and to make arrangement for me
to come over to your country immediately after the transfer of the
money to your possession for investment purposes.
furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me as i am
waiting for your response… please contact me through this email
address: oumarjonas@citromail.hu
i shall wait to hear from you soon.
thanks and God bless!!!
sincerely yours,
Jonas Oumar

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