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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: "Mohamed" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <marieagathemo@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 09:52:31 +0100
Subject: Salut . WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR YOUR RESPONSE.


Anglais & Franзais
Hello ,
I know this message will be a big surprise for you. But what could i do when i don't have another way to communicate with you and share my pains. For the love of God, please have mercy on my situation and do not betray the trust I put in you.
I lost My late husband few months ago, after a long illness during the first crisis in Libya, he was a citizen of your country. My late husband was a man of confidence and an official representative of former President Muammar Gaddafi. He made me understand before he dead ,that he was in to diamond busness and he always a representative of late President Muammar Gaddafi during the transaction and that was before the crisis in Libya, Late President Muammar Gaddafi with my husband had another program of buying diamonds,
He gave my late husband million for the purchase of diamonds from the former rebel leader in Sierra Leone (late Foday Sankoh) and bodyguard of the president Muammar Gaddafi assassinat him during the crisis, my late husband decided our exile in Ghana, perfectly knowing that I am a citizen of Ghana. When we got home in Ghana, I made a very big mistake to explain everything to my sinorbrother, who is now trying his best to kill me because he wants all the wealth and the whole fund as well ,this is why he abandoned me in our house and it gave instructions to all the peoples in my famile not take me to the hospital for treatment , he is doing all these to be in possession of all property and the fund my late husband left before he gave up to the gost ;
No one is aware of this fund, the shock of death of my husband cost me heart attack and the doctor made me realize that I have face surgery, also Dr made me to understand that i have 30% luck to survive this operation . After all examinations here in the hospital , they found out that the operation can not be done here in Ghana but in England.
My brother continue forcing me to tell him where all funds and documents as well but not knowing that the whole fund is not here in Ghana but in another country in Benin Republic where my Driver have travelled to. I welcome the fact that you are a trustworthy person in whom I can confide all funds to fulfill the wishes of my late husband , that is to say, fund orphanages (nurseries, centers for underprivileged children, etc. ), God did not give us an heir.
Please, for the love of God, pray for me especially for the success of my surgery.
As i am writing you, I handed all documents relating to this fund to my driver including your details contacts, that will facilitate of changing of ownership to your name as the new owner of the fund, remember , i got your full contact through searching on the internet.
Please keep this secret and manage these funds to help abandoned children.
I will communicate the address and direct telephone number of the driver who is now in Republic of Benin since yesterday. He knows the whole procedure that you have to take that will permit you to regain possession of the funds.
Mr YVES MESSAN
Tel: 00229 624 621 46
E-mail: yvesmessan1968@yahoo.com
Since I am traveling tomorrow to LONDON for the operation, my driver is available to help because I already told him everything for the procedure you will follow. Please keep this very quiet affair and pray for me for the operation.
Thank you and God bless you.

Madame Marie Agathe MOHAMED
Email. marieagathemo@gmail.com
Anglais & Franзais Bonjour :
Je sais que ce message sera une grande surprise pour vous. Mais sachez bien que je n’ai pas un autre moyen de communiquer avec vous et partager ma douleur. Pour l'amour de Dieu, ayez pitiй de ma situation et ne trahissez pas la confiance que je mets en vous.
J’ai perdu mon mari originaire du mкme pays que vous, suite а une longue maladie lors de la premiиre crise en Lybie. Mon dйfunt mari йtait un homme de confiance et un chargй de mission de l’ancien prйsident Mouamar KHADDAFI. Il m’a fait comprendre qui faisait les transactions de diamant pour le dйfunt prйsident Mouammar Kadhafi. Celui avant la crise en Lybie, l’ancien prйsident Mouamar KHADDAFI avec mon mari avait fait un autre programme d’achat de Diamant et a remis а mon dйfunt mari des millions de dollars pour cet achat de Diamant auprиs de l'ex-chef rebelle sierra lйonais dйfunt Foday Sankoh, celui-ci ( fut assassinй par son garde du corps dans la crise, mon dйfunt mari dйcida de notre exil au Ghana qui est mon pays d’origine. J’ai fait une erreur de tout expliquer а un de mes grand-frиres qui aujourd’hui souhaite ma mort, ce sont la raison pour laquelle il m'a abandonnй dans notre maison et il a donnй des instructions а toute les peoples dans ma famille de ne pas me conduire а l'hфpital pour traitement
Mon grand-frиre ma forcer pour lui dise oщ tous les fonds et les documents se trouvent. Je me rйjouis du fait que vous кtes un homme digne de confiance en qui je peux confier tous les fonds pour exaucer les vњux de min dйfunt mari, c'est-а-dire financer des orphelinats (pouponniиres, centres pour enfants dйfavorisйs, etc.), et noter bien que Dieu ne nous ayant pas donnй un hйritier.
Je vous prie, pour l’amour de Dieu, de prier pour moi surtout pour le succиs de mon intervention chirurgicale. A l’heure oщ je vous йcris, j’ai remis tous les documents relatifs а cette affaire а mon chauffeur y compris la procuration en votre nom qui vous facilitera la procйdure de mutation aprиs les recherches faite sur vous sur l’internet. Je vous prie de garder la discrйtion sur cette affaire et de bien gйrer ces fonds pour aider les enfants abandonnйs.
Je vous communique l’adresse et le tйlйphone du chauffeur qui est au BENIN depuis hier (les fonds ne se trouvent pas ici au Ghana mais plutфt en rйpublique dйmocratique du BENIN en Afrique de l’Ouest). Il connait toute la procйdure pour vous permettre de rentrer en possession des fonds.
Mr YVES MESSAN
Tel: 00229 624 621 46
E-mail: yvesmessan1968@yahoo.com
Car il m’a tйlйphonй que qu’il vient d’arriver au BENIN, parce que je voyage demain en ANGLETERRE pour l’opйration. Mon chauffeur est disponible pour vous aider а rentrer en procession des fonds car je lui ai dйjа tout dit pour la procйdure que vous allez suivre. Je vous prie de garder cette affaire trиs discrиte et priez pour moi pour l’opйration.

Merci et que Dieu vous bйnisse.

Madame Marie Agathe MOHAMED
Email. marieagathemo@gmail.com

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