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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: "Miss Marine Olakun" <info@usa.org>
Reply-To: marineola@rayana.ir
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 15:19:54 -0700
Subject: GREETINGS FROM ORPHAN.

From: Miss Marine Olakun,
West Africa

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you.

I got your contact and I prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to its esteeming nature and the recommendations given to me as a reputable and trust worthy person that I can confide on and by the this recommendation I must not hesitate to confide in you for this legal, truthful and Godly relationship.

First of all, I am very sorry for contacting you while we have not meet ever before but i urge you to have mercy on me because i am in a desperate condition right now and i need your help urgently. I am contacting you because i strongly believe that you will not betray me because you seems to be trusted. My late father, Mr Olakun, Before he died, he told me that he deposited the sum of ($5.5 million Dollars) in one of the Finance house here in my country, he told me that he wanted to use the money to investment in real estate business in another country and he was searching for a perfect investment partner before he died.

He advise me never to fight to regain his company or our family house which is in otherwise the same people that killed him will also kill me and my brother because they killed him because of those properties. He further advised before he died that i should look for somebody from another country that can help me to invest the money in a lucrative business while i continue with my studies in the states or any other country i may deem more better for my stay. He gave me the deposit slip of the deposited money in the finance house and also the agreement document which he had with the Finance house officials on the day he made the deposit for your confirmation.

I have decided to write you all about me and my position here and what I need you to do for me to get my fund out for investment to enable me relocate in your area for living and investment. Please if you can handle this project of transferring the Fund kindly get back to me to enable me email you the full details but if not don't border to reply back. This is the only thing I can call my inheritance after the sudden death of my parents.

Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavor by furnishing me with the following information if you are interested, but if not do not reply me.

(1) Your Valid Direct Tel/ Mobile/Fax Number.
(2) Your Full Name:
(3) Current Resident Address.
(4) Your Private E-mail Address.
(5) Your Occupation:
(6) Your Age and Sex:
(7) Your Nationality

I will appreciate if you treat this matter as top confidential.

I will like to invest on these areas below: Awaiting your urgent reply.

1) Transport Industry
2) Mechanized agriculture.
3} Estate investment
4) Orphanage home

I am going to email you my complete details, the copy of the deposited document for your confirmation.

Yours Faithfully,
Miss Marine Olakun And Brother,
On Behalf Of The Family

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