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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: salimah masuhd <salimahmasuhd14@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:19:28 +0100 (CET)
Subject: please help me


Respectfully please excuse me I do not have the choice, allow me to inform you of this problem which pushes me to dispatch you this message. I obtained your coordinated on Internet, I allowed myself to send this message to you because information on you puts to me in confidence, you are a personality honourable and worthy of confidence. To this end, I do not have to hesitate with me proud with you for my problem which concerns my family and me. I contact you in this day by hoping that will lead to an occasion of business based on honesty and the transparency. I am Salimah Azeezat Masuhd the only girl of ' former chief AZEEZAT Masuhd Joseph of SIERA LEONNE. The source of your contact gives me courage and confidence to entrust to me to you. I write to you with an absolute confidence firstly to ask for your assistance to transfer our liquidity from 25 000 000 million dollar which currently is in the strong trunk of a company of safety here in Abidjan in your account or an
account with my personal name until our arrival in your country.


SOURCE of the MONEY

My late father, chief Joseph, the owner of the diamond and gold extractor in Sierra Leone (S.L.M.C) Freetown.Concernant my father, this money is the result of gold and diamond extracts from the mines Sierra Léonaise before the beginning of the civil war between the forces rebel and the gripping forces of the peace of the ECOMOG which destroyed my country after the takeover by force which drove out capacity, the president democratically elected AHMED TEJAN KABBAH. My father had already set up a plan to evacuate us (my family) my mother, my little brother and me even on Abidjan in ivory Dimension with our personal effects and limps it containing the money by the means of the forces of evacuation of the United Nations. My father asked us to deposit limps it in a private company of safety until it joins us after the war. During the war in my country, and with for consequence the plundering of the public propertys and the government by the rebellious forces, the co-operation
of the mines sierra léonaise were one of the plundered and destroyed targets. My father and several others senior officials were attacked and killed by the rebels in November 2000 for their relation with the civil government of AHMED TEJAN KABBAH. Following death of my father, and with the news of my uncle in connection with his air crash in January, our hopes of survival were completely drowned. This untimely death of my father and my uncle caused a heart failure in my mother and other complications which caused its death later in a hospital and after one had to spend an important amount of money for it. Currently my brother of 18 years and me even let us be only in this strange, suffering country and without any support. Without any relations, we are currently like refugees and orphans. Our only hope currently is in you and in limps that one deposited in the company of safety. To this end, I humbly request your assistance in the following direction:

1) to help me to make leave limps it of the company of safety like profit CO to transfer this money on your behalf in your own account in your country for a lucrative investment avec you like principal actor.
2) Most important it is that the company of safety does not know the exact contents of limps because one declared it like family richnesses. The 3 all documents relating to the deposits are in my trunk has the house.
4) For your assistance, I will yield to you 20% of this money for your efforts and your assistance.
5) Enfin please keep this transaction Thank you and that God blesses you for your assistance in our connection.
I am not afraid of death, I do not want your telephone communication in this regard because of my health and due to the presence of my family relatives around me always unless you will speak with son Ali or my lawyer Dr Jaffar Mohamed whom i have given the work of getting all the leagal documents to warrant the transfer of the fund into your designated account overseas, his email: jaffarchambers@presidency.com
Tel: +225 02368124
I don't want any of my husband's relative to inherit this money for i am afraid they will not use it according to my will. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the bank officer,Mr Nazir Aboubah.


Very Sincerely Mrs SALIMAH AZEEZAT MASUHD.



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