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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: Amah Mary <mary_amah35@yahoo.com.vn>
Reply-To: maryamah@yahoo.cn
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:27:56 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP




Dear Beloved,

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus christ.
With Due Respect And Humanity,I was compelled to write to you under a humanitarian ground.

May the blessings of God be upon you and grant you the wisdom to understand this situation and how much I need your help I am Mrs. Mary Amah,a citizen of South Africa, I am 56 years old, I am suffering for a long time cancer of the breast which also affected my brain, from all indication my condition is really deteriorating, according to my doctors the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage.

I am married to Late Eng.Amah, a Cocoa and Diamond merchant here in Cote D’Ivoire before his death on the 19th November 2006. We were married for 20 years without a child. I have a donation of US$12.5 million United State Dollars to make for a charitable work of God. l took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not worthy to inherit this money. it has been their wish to see my husband dead in order that they might inherit his wealth since we have no child.

I need your information as stated bellow for so that i will give it to the bank and will also give you bank contact for you to contact them by yourself.

1. Name in full:.......................

2. Address:..............................

3. Nationality:......................

4. Age:.....................................

5. Sex........................................

6. Occupation:......................

7. Marital status:............

8. Mobil number ..................................

I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health hence the presence of my husband's relatives are around me always I don't want them to know about this development and l know that With God all things are possible.

As I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank, I will also issue a letter of authorization to the Bank that will prove you the present beneficiary of this money.
God bless you
Mrs Mary Amah.

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