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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: From Miss Sonia Samba <aminahelp2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrssoniasanba58@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 11 May 2019 02:42:32 -0700
Subject: Greetings to you Pleaes save my life from in Demger

Greetings to you
I know you will be surprise to receive this message from me that you
have not known or seen before . I am writing this message to you with
tears in my eyes, and pains in my soul, because of the sufferings I
have been passing through in life all this time. I will be very happy
if you can do this favor to me,

I am miss Sonia Samba from Cote De Ivoire, I am 21 years old,l lost
my father long time ago, my father was the biggest cocoa and coffee
merchant, he was killed by some political juggernauts in our country,
just because he said he wants to become the next president, and i am
the only child of my parents. They also searching and wanting to kill
me too but i managed to escape out of my country with the help of my
late fathers lawyer thorough a red cross woman, presently, i am in
one St Christopher catholic church refugee camp in another country
called republic of Benin. Now i am looking for an honest truthful and
trust worthy person who can stand as my father's foreign partner to
receive the fund my late farther deposited in an off shore account in
Europe because an agreement has made between my late father and the
bank that the fund must be transferred into a foreign partners account
for my future life and education. If you are interested,welling and
capable get back to me via this email address
(mrssoniasanba58@gmail.com) so that i will give to you the contact of
the bank and the introduction later that will prove you as my late
father’s foreign partners so that you will use it to introduce your
self to the bank were the fund have been deposited,also For more
information and the next step to take.
Thanks for your kind understanding.
Best regards to you and your family,
Miss. Sonia Samba

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