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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: felix farooq <felix_farooq7@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: felix_farooq@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 10:05:03 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: seekingt for ur help


Dear Sir,

Good Day to you and may God bless you as you read from me, I am felix Farooq ,
from Liberia. I am sincerely seeking your kind help to assist me.
In fact since the death of my late parents Mr and Mrs Farooq I have
been in search for a God's fearing human being to help serve as my guardian and
to also help me get the funds my father deposited with one of Security
Company in Ghana before his death.

Due to the war that took the lives of our family members and I am also
afraid to contact any one from my country to avoid being killed as my
father was also killed by his political rivals.

I am contacting you today based on the fact that I want you to help me get me out of Africa so that I will continue my education in your country and invest wisely with the money
if I am to come over and be with you.

The fund is $12.5millon us dollars and I have all the necessary
document of the fund. Please direct me on what to do i am putting my trust and hope
in you and I believe you will not reject my request for help.

The man that harboring me here in Ghana is an Old man and he is not
educated. He is the person that told me to look for an oversea
assistant who can assist me in this situation. Looking to hear from you soon.
Thanks,
yours faithfully,.
Felix Farooq




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