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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: Mrs Nicole Marois <mrsnicolenicole@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 11:34:51 -0500
Subject: my beloved, I Greet you and your family...



my beloved, I Greet you and your family...


I am Mrs Assia Nicole M. Karim.


Please my dear, do not feel embarrassed by my mail to you. I am the
wife of Late Chief Gerald White karim, a prominent business man and
pro-human right activist here in Ouagadougou Burkina Faso before his
untimely death in 2010.


during my late husband's lifetime,he deposited the sum of USD$5,000.
000.00 (Five Million United State Dollars) in Atlantic Bank
here and informed me concerning it. We intended to use this fund for
charity and investment purposes.


I returned back home from France because of my
situation that was getting worse before it would be too late.


I am contacting you because I want you to help me in securing and investing the fund
for your own good and using part of it for charity since I am
incapable of doing so due to my bad health situation now
occasioned by cancer which had led my doctor informing me that i have
a short time to live.


I do not intend to leave this fund as my late husband's
relatives are not worthy to be trusted with this fund due to their
wickedness towards my late husband and I since my husband Chief White Gerald died.


I have discussed this issue with the manager of Alantic Bank Dr. Imana Umaru who is my very good friend and have resolved to make available to you 50% of the total money for your efforts and labour then you shall use the remaining 50% to help my only daughter miss Kaddy who is yet a teenager but she will stay with you in your country then you take her as your own daughter and love her so much. You make sure you help the needy and helping the motherless children and the less privileged ones so that my soul will rest in peace if i do not survive the operation. my doctor says i have short time to live.


I shall be expecting your urgent reply so that I will give you the
contact of the bank and the director in the bank as well as all the relevant documents and information to enable the Atlantic bank release this fund to you without difficulty.


You will promise me that you will not use part of the fund to sponsor terrorism or any bad activity and we shall sign agreement on that before i release those documents to you. My beloved, My doctor says i have short time to live. I need your prayer also and God will see you through as my daughter will feel happy forever.


I am waiting for your urgent respond through my private E-mail ID.


mrsassiakarim@yandex.com


Thank you for your time.


Best Regards to your family,
Mrs.Assia Karim.

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