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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: "Patrice Bedie." <patrice_bedie@yahoo.ca> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:08:18 +0000
Subject: urgent attention please

Hello please,
I know you may see this as a disturbance receiving a mail from an unknown individual, but condition has forced me to do that because of my situation since after the date of my big father.
I sent to you this email yesterday proposing to you my intentions to transfer my heritage to your country for investments.
Possibly it might be the bad network that prevented you from receiving the message.
I therefore wish to retransmit the message to you for an urgent response and for more clarifications.
Thank you for your understanding.
Patrice Bedie.
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Bonjour S’il vous plait,
Je vous avais envoyer cette mail hier vous proposant mes désire de
transférer mon héritage chez vous. Peut être c'est la mauvaise manœuvre de ma part et le reseau qui vous a empêché d’accéder au liens.Je me permets donc de vous les retransmettre pour une réponse urgente, ou soit vous m'écrivez à patrice_bedie@yahoo.ca <mailto:patrice_bedie@yahoo.ca>
pour plus d'informations.
Merci de votre compréhension.
Patrice Bedie.
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Guten Tag, wenn er Sie plait ich Sie hätte, diese Allee gestern Sie vorschlagende zu senden mein, wünscht, mein Erbe bei Ihnen zu übertragen. Sein kann es ist die schlechte Bedienung meinerseits und das Netz, das Sie daran gehindert hat, zu den Verbindungen zu gelangen. Ich erlaube mir also, Ihnen sie für eine dringliche Antwort zu übertragen, oder, das heißt schreiben Sie mir an patrice_bedie@yahoo.ca für mehr Informationen. Danke für Ihr Verständnis. Patrice Bedie.
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Hola por favor, Sé que puedes ver esto como disturbio que recibe un correo de un individuo desconocido, pero la condición me ha forzado hacer eso debido a mi situación desde entonces después de la fecha de mi padre grande. Te envié este email que proponía ayer a ti mis intenciones de transferir mi herencia a tu país para las inversiones. Puede ser que sea posiblemente la mala red que evitó que recibieras el mensaje. Por lo tanto deseo I para retransmitir el mensaje a ti para una respuesta urgente y para más clarificaciones. Gracias por tu comprensión. Patrice Bedie.



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