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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 Sarah Lobi" <offdocumen2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: misssarah.lobi@aol.com
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2016 08:01:29 -0400 (CDT)
Subject: @ I AM IN NEED OF HELP REPLY!!




Dear Sir/Madam,

Good day to you and family. I hope I am not coming to you at the wrong
hour of the day, with my personal matters. My situation has forced me to
reach out to somebody like you for solutions before it is too late. read
more on (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/boko-haram/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/boko-haram-children-suicide-attacks_us_570ce151e4b0885fb50e226b?utm_hp_ref=boko-haram

My name is Miss Sarah Lobi, from Northern Nigeria, daughter of late Engr.
Alfred Lobi and late Mrs Dorothy Lobi. My entire family was killed in 2015
in a bomb blast by the boko haram insurgents which are terrorizing the
Northern Nigeria. I am now the only surviving member of my family because
I was away on holidays in Lagos at the time of the sad incident. This year
my father's Lawyer called me and handed over to me a deposit certificate
containing $7.9 million dollars which my father left in his care. I have
discussed and concluded with my father's Lawyer that I want to transfer
the money abroad so that I can leave this country alive before those who
killed my family come after me. That is the reason why I am writing to you
so that you can give me the needed help to transfer the money to your
country and help to come over and continue my education. Where I am living
now is too dangerous for me. If you agree to help me like I have stated
here, please send me your details such as the following:

1.Full Names:__________
2.Contact Address:__________
3. Private phone number:__________
4.Private Email:__________
5: Your Photo:__________

I will contact my father's Lawyer who will process the released of the
money once i hear from you with your detail as to enable him contact you
for the transfer as i have discus it with him.
Please help me as i don't want to die please.

Remain Blessed.
Best regards,
Miss Sarah Lobi.
My Private email ( misssarahlobi201@yahoo.com )

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