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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: mary mike <luccyjohn33@yahoo.in>
Reply-To: mary mike <marymike37@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 19:09:31 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Hello




 
 My Dearest One.




How are you over there in your country today,i believe you are having a
nice day and that the atmosphere over there in your country is very nice today? Mine is a little bit warm over here in Dakar Senegal and i most
say thank you for contacting me to able me tell you more about me.


My name is mary mike am  in a real relationship with you, so i am
comfortable with your age. I am from Sudan ,5.8ft tall, light in
complexion single,(never married ), my hobbies are reading watching
music videos going to beach with friends visiting a place like zoo and
doing every other thing that gives joy and happiness and presently i am
residing here in Dakar Senegal as a  result of the civil war that was
fought in my country some years ago.




My late father Dr Mustapha Mike was a politician and the managing director of a Gold & Mine Ind in Khartoum (the capital of Sudan) before the rebels attacked our house one early morning and
killed my Father and my Mother and my only brother Amudu in cold
blood.It was only me that is alive now and I managed to make my way to a near by country Senegal where i am living now as a refugee under a
Reverend-Pastor's care and i am using his computer to send these message to you.


My dear , things are very bad for me here in the refugee camp where i am living today. I was a first year student in the
university studying Medicine before the ugly incident that killed my
parents that put me in this horrible refugee camp i found myself today.
This place is like a prison as we are only allowed to go out on Monday
and Friday of the week as given by the united nation rules and
regulation here in Senegal. It's just like one staying in the prison and i hope by Gods grace i will come out from here soon.


I don't have any relatives now whom i can go to, all my relatives ran
away in the middle of the war the only person i have now is Rev Issac
Mathew who is the pastor of the (Christ for all Churches) here in the
refugee he has been very nice to me since i came here but i am not
living with him rather i am leaving in the women's hostel because the
refugee camp have two hostels one for men the other for women and i
chosen you immediately i saw your profile at the site without
delay,because they said that out of hundred,there must be a good
Samaritan and i hope that it was by God's grace that i chosen you and
during my praying,God reveal to me that you are a very kind person,that
is capable to help me.. And i have 100% trust and confidence in you and i am rest assured that you will surely help me out from this terrible
place called refugee camp.


I will like you to call me today with
Rev father's phone, Rev Pastor Issac  Mathew (+221-70-981-98-48) When you call tell him that you want to speak with me so that he will
send for me from the females hostel to talk with you about what i am
going through here.I don't have money to call you there,since my
situation here is very difficult.I want to go back to my studies because i only attended my first year before the tragic incident that lead to
my being in this situation now took place.


Please listen to this, i have my late father's statement of account and death certificate here with me which i will send to you latter, because when he was alive he
deposited some amount of money in one of the leading bank in Europe
which he used my name as the next of kin, the amount in question is
$3.8M (Three Million eight Hundred Thousand Dollars). So i will like you to help me transfer this money to your account and from it you can send some money for me to get my traveling documents and air ticket to come
over to meet with you.. I kept this secret to people in the refugee here the only person that knows about it is the Reverend because he is like a father to me. So in the light of above i will like you to keep it to yourself and don't tell it to anyone for i am afraid
of loosing my life and the money if people gets to know about it.
Remember i am giving you all this information due to the trust i deposed on you. I like honest and understanding people,truthful and a man of
vision, truth and hardworking.


My love l will like to know your
willingness to assist me in this claim so that i can give you the full
contact of the bank in Europe for you to contact them for verification
and confirmation. I will however i appreciated if you can call me with
this telephone number (+221-70-981-98-48) in the church office located
in the refugee camp so that i can tell you more about what i am going
through. When you call, please tell Rev Issac Mathew that you want to
speak with me Miss mary mike so that he will send for me from the females hostel to talk with you.




Meanwhile i will like you to call me like i said i have a lot to tell you.
Have a nice day and think about me.
as i am waiting to hear from you soonest
Yours In love
Miss mary mike

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