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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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Fraud email example:

From: Aakifah Omar <a.51012875@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Aakifah Omar <a.51012875@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 12:34:54 +0900 (JST)
Subject: I need your help


I need your help

Dearest,

My name is Miss. Aakifah Omar,  I humbly write to solicit for your partnership and assistance in the transfer and investment of my inheritance funds (USD10 .5M) Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars from my late father who died mysteriously.

I will like to further introduce myself to you. I am 21 years old girl and  orphan as a result of the mysterious death of my parents. My father was the Operational manager of Tullow Oil Plc in Cote d'Ivoire before he died of cancer of the lungs that lasted for only two months. Since the death of my father, I have suffered alot of humiliations from my late father's relatives, they have claimed
everything my late father acquired. Because it is the long aged inheritance tradition here in my country that if a
man dies without a male child, all his properties will be shared among his immediate brothers. Even if the man has two or three daughters, nobody wants to know as long as there is no male child among them.

Before the death of my beloved father in a special hospital here in our country, he secretly told me that he made a fixed deposit of $10.5M USD (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in a bank here in our country and that he used my name as the next of kin when he deposited the money in the bank. He further advise me before he died that i should seek for a foreign company or an honest person who will assist me to receive and invest the fund abroad on my behalf.

This is the exact case with me as I am the only daughter of my father. I lost my mother when I was barely a year old and my father refused to re-marry another wife despite all persuasion by friends, because he felt solely responsible for
my mother's death, as he only concentrated on his business that he rarely pays attention to domestic/family affairs. But he ensured that I had everything that I wanted. It was as a result of this that he made me the next of kin to his fund deposit with the bank.

I have had discussions with the director of international remittance unit of the bank where my father deposited the fund and I was assured that once I have someone who would be honest and willing to receive the fund on my behalf for the purpose of investments in overseas, they shall commence all proceedings to effect the release and transfer of the fund into the person's designated account.

Once you signify your interest to partner with me, I shall give you more details on how to transfer the fund to your nominated bank account for investment purpose and I can join you to continue my education. I am willing to offer you 20% for your assistance.

Your urgent response will be
appreciated.

Please help me

Aakifah Omar

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