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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: Miss Ruth Sufo <missruth2@dmail.su>
Reply-To: ruthsufo@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 23:21:24 +0000
Subject: Good Day

Good Day :

How are you today? The very moment i saw your profile i was convince
within my heart that i can trust you with all my heart but my only fear
now is that i hope and pray you beleive what i have to tell you.

I am Ruth Sufo as you rightly know, i am 19, My mother was an frican
American while my father was from Sierra-Leone in west african , i was
living with my mother not too far from Charleston building, 601 57th
Street, Charleston West Virginia USA.And i attended Charleston senior
High School,1201 Washington Street E, Charleston, WV. I lost my mother
sometimes ago and after her death i came to meet my father for the very
first time in Cote d' Ivoire, though he was also living in the state
efore he relocated back to Cote d' Ivoire to set up a business.

Exactely two months and one week after i came to meet my father with the
help of US consulates he died , he was very sick when i came to meet him
but before his death there were some document he gave to me and he told
me that everything he worked for in his life time is in the document
when i crosscheck the document i discovered that my late father
deposited ( $15.500.000) dollars in a security company. my late father
deposited the money as family valuables in a trunk box.

The reason i am telling you is that i am just a girl and there is little
or nothing i could do on my own and again if my late father relative
find out that my late father left that kind of money in my care i don't
know what they might do to me, so i need! you to help me contact the
security company and claim the deposited Item for me as my friend and
Guandian,and take me along with you. If you do this for me apart from
the love i will also offer you 25% of the total money for helping me.

Please i requested for your trust and understanding because it might
sound unbeleivable but it is the truth Please get back to me as soon as
posible .

Yours Truly

Miss Ruth Sufo












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