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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: Samira Love <samiraabu31@live.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 11:00:43 +0000
Subject: how you doing today?


HelloHow you doing today and how is the family,i hope all are doing great.as i told you,my father from sweden came to africa to do business that was when he met with my mother,and before he return back to sweden,he deposited some amount of money and gold in my name with a firm in Ghana,it was few days ago that my mother met the lawyer who assist my father to deposit the consignment that he told us every things and since then i never knew my father again


the issue is that the lawyer told us that my father kept $7.5 millions and 55 kilos of gold in my name as the next of kin with a security firm in Ghana and that at my age 25years he never return back to Ghana,the lawyer should look for us and let me claim it and start life with it.


the lawyer told us that my late father sign an agreement with the security company that i must seek for a foreign partner either from Swede (Europe) or any where in the world,but he dont want me to live in Ivory coast,to avoid what he faces as foreigner to happen to me and to avoid my mother family to take the fund and gold,so i need you to be my foreign partner and beneficiary who will stand for me to claim the $7.5 millions and 55 kilos of Gold in your country and i am ready to give away percentage of the total money.

if you can come i will be very happy,but if you can not come,the lawyer said the security company will arrange for the shipment to you in your country and later i will join you over there,but the security company did not know the content of the box,that was what the lawyer said to us
Waiting for your urgent reply.
ByeSamira Bengt

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