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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." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <andrewmariam12001@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 02:34:45 -0800
Subject: I Sincerely Write To seek your Cooperation And Trust

 
 
  I Sincerely Write To seek your Cooperation And Trust
 
 
Attn,
 
 
I confidentially email you,after i read Your profile to mak apassionate appeal to you to Assist me claim our family secret deposited fund.Please It’s just my urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for your assistance.  I am very happy to come across a reasonable human being like you and I promised you that I must remain honesty through out this transaction with you
Please without wasting time I need your honest and humanity to execute this transaction under your kind control for the mutual benefit of our both families.  After due deliberation with my son i decided to contact you with hope that it will be of mutual benefit to both of us and that you will not betray me after the fund have arrive into your bank account.  THE AMOUNT I WILL DISCLOSES AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU.
 
 
I need your partnership in transferring this sum from my late husband's account assoon as possible..i have made plans for this before i contacted you. I will appreciate your full contact  information so that i will submit them to the security firm and introduce you as my late husband foreign partner who came to claim the deposit money for investment on our behalf. Once we
receive your urgent respond and assurance we will revealed to you all the necessaryinformation of the deposit and the bank contact details to enable you contact them direct for more verification about the money and also request for the procedures to transfer the money into your bank account. 
 
 
Have wonderful day and remain blessed.
Mariam.

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