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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: Mariam Abacha <m524b@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: wenzroman@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2016 23:34:02 +0200
Subject: Transfer of $10.5 Million USD



--
Attn Please

I am Mrs Mariam Abacha from Lagos nigeria.

Due to the sudden death of my husband General Sanni Abacha the former head of
state of Nigeria in June 1998, I have been thrown into a state of hopelessness
by the

previous and present administration.I have lost confidence with anybody within
my country,execpt my family Attorney who has been there for us during this
crisis.

I got your contacts through personal research, and had to reach you through
this medium.I will give you more details when you reply. Due to security
network placed on

my daily affairs I can not visit the embassy so that is why I have contacted
you by email.

My husband deposited $10.5million United States dollars with a security firm
abroad whose name is withheld for now till we communicate. I will be happy if
you can

receive this fund into your account for safe keeping and I will offer you 40%
of this fund as compensation for your effort.

If this proposal intrests you,please forward your reply including your
telaphone and fax to my family Attorney's Roman Wenzl Abiola on his email
address (wenzroman@gmail.com) for more clarification about it all. read this
news link for details http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/211324.stm


We await your urgent response with your full contact details.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs Mariam Abacha

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