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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: mastula nakavuma <mastienak212@msn.com>
Reply-To: <nakavumam@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:25:42 +0000
Subject: My Greetings To You




Dear,

I know that this email may come as surprise to you but i am sorry if you consider it as an inconvenience but i have sent this email to you to seek for your personal assistance due to the problems and uneasiness that i am facing presently in this country where i seek asylum..I am Mastula Nakavuma,single,decent,educated,a 163cm in height and with no children.

My late father was LATE MR PAUL NAKAVUMA,which was until his death the managing director of Paul Builders and Construction Company in my country in Uganda,my late father was a politician and a successful businessman until he was attacked in his construction site by the (JOSEPH KONY,the rebel leader of the LORD'S OF THE RESISTANCE ARMY) in Uganda and killed him.

The rebel leader did not stop on that and he again demanded a huge sum of money from my mother through a letter he sent to us threatning our lives that should we fail to pay this sum that he would kill all our family,because my father was a political stalwart supporting the current elected Government in Uganda and also supporting the Government to remove the rebelllion group (LORD'S OF THE RESISTANCE ARMY) that Joseph kony head from his construction site which is just some kilometers away from my father's construction company.My mother failed to get the money demanded from (LORD'S OF THE RESISTANCE ARMY) and our house was attacked and my mother and my other two brothers were killed,i was lucky not to be at home when this happened,if not,i would have been killed as well.

I have purposely travelled to Senegal to seek asylum and again due to the fact that my father made a deposit of $7.5m with a Bank and my father made available with me all the deposit documents which shows that i am the next of kin to the deposit which would make claims of the this deposit but due to the reason that i am seeking asylum in Senegal,i have encountered many problems in getting the released to me and that is why i have contacted you for joint assistance by having the fund transferred into your Bank account as my Trustee and i promise that i will compensate you with 20% out of the total as soon as this fund transferred from the Bank to your Bank account safely.

Please let me know about your intentions to assist me and i will avail to you all the necessary information as soon as i hear from you.

Thank you as i wait to hear from you in earnest.

Yours,

Mastula


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