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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: "From;Susan" <s.phillipyak@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 10:38:50 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Greetings to you


 Hello Dear,

Greetings to you and How is your day today? i hope all is well and
fine with you including your health and job,Bear with me as am using
this opportunity to introduce myself to you, My name is Miss Susan
Phillip Yak am 21 years old Girl from Southern sudan but currently
residing here in Burkina Faso, I am making this contact with you based
on the fact that we have not meet before and due to nature of the
situation i found myself as a victim of Sudan plane crashed which
involved lost of my parent during the time. My late father Dr. Chirag
Phillip Yak was the former Minister for SPLA Affairs and Special
Adviser to President Salva Kiir of South Sudan for Decentralization.
My dad and my mom died in a plane crash including other top Military
officers and top government officials where on board when the plane
crashed on Friday May 02, 2008.
Go through below website to find more details about the crash and what
my country have passed through.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7380412.stm


Some months after the burial of my father, my uncle conspired with my
step mother and sold my father's properties to a Chinese Expatriate.
One faithful morning I opened my late father's briefcase and found
documents which my beloved father used and deposit money in a Bank in
Burkina Faso for safe keeping with my name as the next of kin. I
travelled to Burkina Faso to withdraw the money so that I can start a
better life and take care of myself. The Branch manager of the Bank
whom I met in person told me that my present status does not permit me
by the local law to clear money or make a transfer of money into an
account, he advice me to provide a trustee who will help me and invest
the money or I should wait till when I will get married it demand by
their Authority.


Presently, the money is $8.500.000 Milllion U.S.Dollars. I need your
assistance for the withdrawal of my inherited fund and also transfer
the fund to your position for partnership investment in your country
and thereafter I will offer you 20% from the total sum as your rewards
for assisting me. I stand to assure you that there is no problem in
this
transaction for it is 100% legal and risk free.

I will use the remain balance of the money for an investiment in your
country for the future of my life.find a way to help me out and I will
remain grateful, take me as your own blood sister and help me. I will
like to discause much with you if you can help me to relocate to your
country because my uncle has threatened to assassinate me,My uncle and
my step mother through it's various agents has confisticated all my
late father's known properties since his death.


As soon as I receive your interest in helping me, I will put things
into action immediately.
I shall appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and
willingness to handle this transaction sincerely. Please do keep this
only to yourself. I beg you not to disclose it till i come over
because I am afraid of my step mother and wicked uncle who had
threatened to kill me.

I will scan my picture in my next mail to you.

Please i will like you to write me back through my Private address (s.phillipyak@gmail.com) for further discussion.

Thanks for your anticipated understanding and co-operation, God bless...

Sincerely yours
Susan Phillip Yak.


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