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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: "Princess Anna Khalifa." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <princessannaa@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2016 13:19:50 -0700
Subject: Re: Good Day

Good Day,

I am writing this letter in confidence believing that if it is the wish of
God for you to help me and my family, God almighty will bless and reward
you abundantly and you would never regret this.

I was a female student from University of Sudan before the ugly incident
and I want to go back to my studies because i only attended my second year
before the tragic incident that lead to my being in this situation.I am 25
yrs old. I am like any person who can be caring, loving and home oriented
despite the fact that I am from royal family. I will love to have a
long-term relationship with you and to know more about you. I would like to
build up a solid foundation with you in time coming if you can be able to
help me in this transaction.

Well,i am Princess Anna Khalifa.My father died earlier June with his
younger brother and left me and my younger brother behind. He was the
Adviser to the Sudanese President, My father was a distinguished figure in
Sudan,when my father was alive he had previously held the positions of
governor of Khartoum, agriculture and information minister.They were killed
in an accident in northern Sudan on the Wednesday, 27 June 2007.You can
confirm it
here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6244884.stm

I was a princess to him and I am the only person who can take care of his
wealth now because my younger brother is still young and my mother is not
literate enough to know all my father's wealth. He left the sum of
USD28,000,000 dollars (Twenty-Eight Million Dollars)in a finance company.I
kept this secret to people in the refugee camp here where i am now, the
only person that knows about it is my brother because this money is one of
the main purpose of our moving out from our country immediately we finished
the burial of our father to REPUBLIC OF BENIN and seek asylum, and he is
now like a father to me. I don't know how and what I will do to invest this
money somewhere in abroad,Now,i urgently need your humble assistance to
move this money from the finance company to your bank account, That is why
I felt happy when I saw your contact because I strongly believe that by the
grace of God, you will help me invest this money wisely.

I am ready to pay 20% of the total amount to you if you help us in this
transaction and another 10% interest of Annual After Income to you, for
handling this transaction for us, which you will strongly have absolute
control over.

Yours sincerely,
Princess Anna Khalifa.

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