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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: musa usman <musausman510@gmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: musa.usman88@gmx.com
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 07:47:02 -0400
Subject: <? print $subject; ?>

Salaam, I am Musa Usman,From Liberia,My father is an oil Exporter in our country,Is one of the rich man in Liberia in our country and he died in car accident,And i am his only son,And my father have a three wife And before my late father died,He call me and told me that he have some-money that he kept for me in saved keeping company before he died. And he told me that are should used the money for any business that i like to do before he died,And because of my step mother my late father two wife,I moved out of my country to saved my life from them,Because immediately my late father died in our country,My step mothers they are after my life in our country,That is why i moved out of my country,And the money is in saving keeping company in Europe,Which i will like you to assist me to received the money on my behalf in your country for investment together,In the any area of investment you will advice to do in your country that you know he we fresh us a good profit at the end of the day,And i can instruct the company to moved the money down to you in your country for the investment you will advice to do in your country for you to stand as the owner of the investment in your country,The amount of the money is $US10.5M(Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars). And i promise to give you 20% of the money,For the assistance you will render to me in your country for the investment in your country and the share of the profit after the Investment will be share by 70-30. And i will like you to be a trusted person to me,In your reply to me send me your full name and your Mobil number and your full address,Your Occupation,Your Age,Your Nationality,So that i can forward it to the company that the money was kept,That you are my beneficiary to received the money on my behalf in your country. Waiting for your reply Ma Salaam Musa Usman

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