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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: =?UTF-8?B?Ik1ycy4gRGFyY2V5IEhhbGxpZSBBcm91bmEi?= <d.haruna@terra.com>
Date:
Subject:

Permit me please, my name is Mrs. Darcy Halle Arouna, the wife to late Mr. = Arouna former president Burkina Faso GIA, I decided to disclose this matter= to you as a Christian and believe to have good advice or assistant from yo= u.

I have 6 months daughter for my late husband, and in our traditio= n rules and regulation, if you are a woman and have only daughter for your = late husband, you are not entitled to inherit his property, less you marry = to his brother before you can be able to inherit what belong to him, And I = decided not to marry to anybody from my late husband family.

My late= husband established huge private investment (VIP.HAIR DRESSER) that I assi= sted in managing before he died last 2 month, After his death the family to= ok the key of the office from me, The family is well educated and rich, I d= on=E2=80=99t have a strong person to back me up and I am the first daughter= of my parent, my family are poor and My parent cannot stand for the case, = Now the family have started doing some research over my late husband invest= ment.

This year=E2=80=99s my late husband received cooperate bank st= atement of account before his death which the document is with me, the tota= l balance is $2.5 Million Us Dollars,

 My question is this.
= The family have over take the investment and accuse me for responsible of m= y husband death.

1. What should I do?  
2. Should I present = the document to the family?
3. Should I look for a means to claim the fu= nds for the future of my daughter and myself?

Upon this I seek for C= hristian adviser, I met the Bank president counselor administration, He sai= d that he will help me but he wants a clean sheet for transferring of the f= unds, My decision is to use a foreigner for the claim to have a clean sheet= of the transfer according to the bank manager, Hence the account is cooper= ate with the position of my late husband (GIA) It is possible if you can he= lp me, I am looking forward to hear from you. God bless you as you respond.=

Best Regards
Mrs. Darcy Halle Arouna
Private email (d.halliea= rouna@hairdresser.net)

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