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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: Ali Omar <aicha_2mohamed@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: ali01omar@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:13:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From Ali Omar.


>From Ali Omar.















































Dearest one















































I am Ali Omar ,son of late Mr and Mrs Yusuf Omar. My father was a very
wealthy GOLD and COCOA  manchant who based in ACCRA  GHANA  and























ABIDJAN respectively, The economic capital of cote D'Ivoire.























He  was poisoned to death by his business associate on one of their 
business outings.























When  my mother died  on the 21ST  october 1994 , My father took me  so
special  because I am motherless.















































Before  the death of my father on the 25th  November  2007. He sincerely
called me on his bed side  and told me  that he had a sum of 
15.000,000 US  DOLLARS (fiften MILLION USA DOLLARS)He kept in one of the
Security Company Here in Abidjan. He  also used my name to Deposit 
the  consignment as his only Son for next of kin. He  also explained  to
me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his
business associates, That I should  seek for a foreign partner in a
country  of my choice where I will transfer this money  and use it for
investment purposes, I want you to assist me in clearing this fund into
your  account overseas  as a beneficiary of the fund, and also use it 
for  an Investment purpose.























I am honourably seeking for your assistance in the following ways.















































(1)To help me retreive the consignment from the Security company where
the consignment was deposited















































(2)To assist me  to transfer the money to your account successfully.















































(3) To  provide a bank account into which this money























would be transfer to.















































(4)To serve as  the guardian of this fund since























I am a Boy of (20)yrs .















































(5) To make arrangement for me to come over to your























country  to further my Education and to secure a residential  permit in
your country.























Moreover, I am willing to offer you 20%of the total sum  as compensation
for your effort /input after the successful transfer of this fund to
your nominated























account.























Furthermore,  you can indicate your option towards























assisting me.































































































Thanks and God  bless you for your anticipated























coperation.















































Best Regards,















































Ali  Omar  




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