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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: bing salamate <salamate@att.net>
Reply-To: bingsalamat@discofan.com
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 06:33:15 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: i wait ur urgent response



Dear sir/madam,
Compliments of the day to you how are you? Firstly, let me introduce myself to you. I am salamat bing, wife of late Mr. Salamat Hashim from Philippines who was the founder of Moro Islamic Liberation Front(MILF) who died in July 2003.
My main purpose of writing to you is to help me achieve my only wish in life, as i am mailing from my hospital room/bed with tears on my face. I have thought about it and because of the trend of scam in the world today i have to be careful and mindful of who i shall entrust this proposed transaction into his hands so that the objective of the business will be achieved.
But understand that i cannot chat with you or call you because MSN AND YAHOOMESSANGER is not installed in the laptop that i am using here in the hospital and we are not allowed to use telephone in "post operation ward" and "intensive care unit ward".
Well despite my situation what bothers me most is my late father’s fund(U.S.$12.5 MILLION) that will be a waste if nothing is done urgently as that is the major reason why i contacted you. This fund was deposited in Z.S.&F. Company, Abidjan in Cote d'ivoire by my late father before his untimely death which he concealed the fund in a metallic trunk box as family valuables and deposited it with the security company instead of a bank because of security reasons base on the fact that he was the founder of the strongest rebel opposition group in PHILIPPINES then.
Since i am the real next of kin and the wife to the depositor what i am suppose to do after you have sent me your international passport and other proofs of your identity to avoid betrayal before the consignment liftment to you is for me to send all the documents of the deposit and the security company's full contact details to you so that you can apply for the release of the consignment which the security company will not hesitate to process the release once i consent to it though i will first confirm your identity and your capability of been able to help me because this is all i have at the moment and in this life which i must be very careful of whom i shall entrust it to and must also be used for charity work which will be named after my late husband on the completion.
So i want your re-affirmation that you are capable to help me transfer the consignment as what you will have to do after i have sent all the necessary documents to you is just for you to contact the security company as my late husbands business partner and find out what it will take the security company to process and transfer the consignment to you through their diplomatic courier service.
Then after clearing with the security company you will direct them on how to lift the consignment to you. Please i want to let you know that i am banking on you, i have no other person to relate my problems to, every member of my late husband family have turned against me because of what my late husbands left over before he died, and i wouldn’t like to dispose any of my plans to them until i finally seal this consignment liftment with your assistance and actualize my dreams of a charity establishment in the name of my late husband.
I took this decision because i did not have any child for my late husband and because of how my late father relatives have treated me with so much dis-regard and hatred even with my health condition and have also ceased all my late husband properties which this fund in the security company is all that they could not get hold of because it was not deposited in Philippines.
I am willing to do anything to assist in the liftment of this consignment to you only if you assure me of ensuring that a charity home and home for HIV/AIDS will be built with part of the fund in my late husbands status and name. please i want an answer to all questions as listed below so that i can be more assured that you are really genuine and ready to help me before sending you the documents of the deposit and the security company's contact details that you shall use to apply for the consignment release and liftment to you:-
1.if you are ready to keep the transaction as top secret because i do not want my late husband relatives to know about this consignment in Africa after they took possession of all my late husband accounts and properties in Philippines.
2. your capability and credibility in handling this transaction in every ramification.
3. your credibility and reliability as to avoid betrayal from you or seating on the entire fund when the trunk box is finally received by you.
4. that all my instructions as the initiator of the transaction would be taking for the betterment and hitch-free of the consignment liftment to you.
I will highlight you more on what to do as soon as you send your details and the proof of your identity so that i will have all the confident to entrust the transaction into your care without any fear and for us to proceed with the claim proceedings without further delay.
On the receipt of your response i will send my international passport and medical report for your view so that you will have the confident to go at any length to help me.
I am soliciting for your speedy response to my email with your full details and proof of your identity so that we can proceed with the consignment release and liftment proceedings without further delay.
I await your urgent response in this regard.
Best Regards,
mrs bing Salamat.

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