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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: "Mrs Mary Amina Bamali" <mary_bamali11@hushmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mary_bamali1@hushmail.com
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:31:41 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: Reply as soon as this mail reach you

Greeting friend

You may be surprised to receive this letter from me since you do not know
me personally. I saw your profile in Google search for honest and God
fearing person; hence I took the initiative of writing you. Please accept
my apology for intruding into your privacy;

I am Mrs. Mary Bamali, the wife of late Dr Nuhu Bamali a politician who
died as a result of fire break on 2nd April 2011. My husband was killed
including others due to political reason. Explosive was planted on a fuel
tanker by some high ranging Nigerian and that was why the Investigation
has no solid fact to report about.

After the death of my husband, the government and my husband’s Enemy
decided to seize his company and frizzed his bank account and wanting to
live us in a hard time

Based on this I am contacting you for an assistance I want to move out of
this country with my kinds for better as the country is corrupt, all I
need from you is to help and make available a fresh bank account where I
can transfer this fund $19.5 m (nineteen million five hundred thousand
dollars), before I move out of this country, because they are still
investigating on my late husband’s investments and if unluckily for me
they discover this fund in my late husband’s company’s fund which is saved
in a curia company it will be seized and as a woman with two kids, who
have no assistance, it will be too difficult for me and my kids as we do
not have any support,

I hope this information will interest you as the true story how my husband
dead and others

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2011/04/02/nigerias-poll-day-tragedy-many-
feared-killed-in-fuel-tanker-fire/

Before the death of m y late husband, he deposited with a curia company
(name withheld until your acceptance) here in Nigeria the sum of US 19..5
million Dollars (nineteen million, five Hundred thousand United dollars)
with the help of his foreign friend who’s last name is the same as yours
also he was his next of Kin which is the more reason why I have chosen to
seek your respected person for assistance. And after the death of my late
husband I could not get the contact of the foreigner and I have tried all
I can but could not get his contact.

based on the above, I have decided to seek for a viable foreigner as I
could not see him since after the death of my late husband, based on your
profile that attracted me contact you to help me to lay claim on to this
curia company because I am still under investigation by my late husband’s
enemies (Nigerian Government) and also someone who will help me in
investing this funds profitably in a viable business venture.

I am seeking your respected person to partner with me and front for me and
take charge of this fund. The Nigerian authority is not aware that my lat
e husband have such fund with the curia company and I intend to keep this
as top secret as it will affect me and my kids future.

Please note that this transaction is 100% genuine and legal, as I am in
possession of the entire relevant document relating to the fund.

Example, the FUND ORIGIN, THE CERTIFICATE OF DE POSIT, AND PERSONAL
IDENTIFICATION CODE, SECRET IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. Which will be demanded
by the curia company before they will release to you the fund, Please be
inform at this stage that I have also decided to give you 10% of the total
fund for your assistance and 90% will be invested for me in any profitable
business that you think is viable,

Please note that if this percentage is not agreeable to you we are still
open to suggestion and further discussion. If you accept to assist me and
my family or have any question in respect to this issue p lease get back
to me I will be grateful to answer your question and also tell you more on
how we will work things out.

Please do not be scared of anything as it is 100% legal, so take my word,
Thanking you in anticipation of your co-operation.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Mary Amina Bamali

marybamali@bigstring.com

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