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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "mariam abacha" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "sani abacha" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: MRSMARIAM ABACHA <mrsmaabacha@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrsmariamabacha20052005@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 05:32:15 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From: Mrs.Mariam Abacha.


Dear Confidant,

I am Mrs Mariam Abacha,widow of the late former Head of State,Federal Republic of Nigeria General SANI ABACHA,who died in active service as a result of complicated kidney failure.During the life time of my late husband,he made alot of money which he deposited in a Finance Company's Vault in Europe.

As a matter of fact all our accounts both here in Nigeria and abroad have been frozen, properties and assets worth millions of dollars were also seized by the Federal Government headed by the then president Olusegun Obasanjo,this is simply because during the regime of my late husband General Sani Abacha,his government sentenced the former president Olusegun Obasajo to life imprisonment for plotting a coup against my late husband's government.

It's my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I and my sons Mohammed and Abbas,intended to establish in your country.Though I have not met with you before but I believe,one has to risk confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life. There is this huge amount of ($28MILLION USD) which my late Husband deposited in one of the Finance Companies vault in Europe before he was posioned by unknown persons for political reason.

Now my sons and I have decided to invest these fund in your country if you can be of an assistance to us to retrieve these fund from the custody of the finance company and subsequently transfer same in your name for investment in your country.If you consider yourself capable of giving my family the needed assistance,please indicate and also provide me with the following information as quickly as possible;

YOUR FULL NAMES AND CONTACT ADDRESS,OCCUPATION AND YOUR PRIVATE PHONE NUMBERS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU.

These informations when provided will enable my Attorney re-profile all the relevant documents about the deposit of this fund to your name,hence I will not want to be exposed,in view of all the political mishaps and attacks experienced in the hands of the Olusegun Obasanjo's regime,this is to aviod losing this money.

I look forward to your urgent reply.

Kind regards,
Mrs.Mariam Abacha.




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