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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 Helen Ahmed <miss.helen.ahmed@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2017 02:02:19 +0000
Subject: Remain Blessed

My Dearest,

Please Save A Soul

It gives me great pleasure to speak with you again in this medium of
communication, You might be wondering why this kind of mail, but because
i have decided to have a very good and close relationship with you, That
is why i have chosen to come in this dimension in order to let you know
everything about me before we can move forward.

My dear, to tell you more about myself, i am Miss Helen Ahmed Abdullah,
i am a 24 years old girl from Somalia but presently residing here in
Togo, the only daughter of Late Dr. Ahmed Abdullah Wayel, the former
education minister of Somalia who died on a suicide bomb attack in Shamo
HOTEL in Mogadishu on the 3rd December, 2009 in which many innocent
souls were killed and injured.

Unfortunately, my father was among the dead and life has not been the
same again for me ranging from starvation due to the severe famine in my
country to insecurity of my life because of war and constant terrorist
attacks which forced me to escape and take asylum in the United Nations
Refugee Camp in Togo-Lome in order to save my life and reclaim my
inherited fund which my late father left for me in Spain Bank Europe so
that i can use the fund to relocate to a peaceful country and
reestablish my shattered life.

My late father left huge amount of fund in his foreign bank account in
here in Togo and please i have not told anyone except you and our
Reverend priest about the existence of this fund and i will like you to
please keep it secret and confidential to other people because since it
is (MONEY) all eyes will be on it and my security also will continue to
be at risk as some people may want to eliminate me and claim my
inheritance when they get to know about my worth and this is why i am
pleading with you to keep the transaction in utmost confidential and
only between us.

Remember i trusted you and that is why i am giving you all this
information. I want to have a good and close relationship with you,
Moreover, i will like to hear your voice please, you can just call me
with this telephone number(00228 96019587) It is our Reverend priest's
telephone. His name is Reverend Soviet Jreme and his email address is
(soviet.jreme@gmail.com ). If you call him please tell him that you want
to speak with Miss Helen Ahmed Abdullah in the female hostel of the
refugee camp and he will send for me to answer your call because i have
just told him about you and the man of God gave his blessings and
support to us.

I have already informed the Bank here in Togo about my plans to reclaim
my inherited fund and the manager of the bank advised me to look for a
foreign partner who will stand on my behalf in the transfer of the fund
due to my present refugee status which forbids me to partake in any kind
of monetary transaction be it locally or internationally.

You will have 15% of the total fund for helping me and the remaining
amount will be my investment capital which will be managed by you in any
business of your choice in your country while i go back to university to
complete my studies as i was only in my 2nd year in the university when
the crisis started in my country.

In this regards i will give you my father`s bank contact details
immediately with some information upon your acceptance to help me in
reclaiming the fund. My late father has Six Million, Seven Hundred
Thousand USD ($6.700, 000.00) deposit which i am the next of kin.

So, all i need from you is your confirmation of willingness to represent
me in the transfer and your full assurance not to betray me after my
inherited fund has been transferred to your own account in your country.

My dear, i am glad that God has brought you to see me out from this
terrible situation that i am presently into and i promise to be kind and
will equally need you in every area of my life including investing this
fund since i do not yet have any experience in investment management and
that is why i want to return to the university and complete my education
as soon as the transfer is completed.

Here in refugee camp is just like a prison and my prayers are to move
out from here as soon as possible. Immediately after the bank transfers
my inherited fund to your account in your country, i can then inform you
of how much you will have to send for me to prepare my traveling
documents to join you in your country.

I will send my pictures to you later when i have known your response
towards my proposal to you. I am waiting to hear from you soonest.

Yours Sincerely,
Miss Helen Ahmed.


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