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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 yani dawood <yanidd1@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: dawoodyani@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:43:56 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Miss Yani Dawood.



I am miss Yani Dawood, 20 years old from Coted'Ivoire. Daughter of Mrs Fatima Dawood . I have 8.5 million USD which was made by my mother before she died in oct 2005 which is left in a suspence account in a bank here in coted'ivoire.I want you to assist me transfer this amount to your bank
account before coming to your country for investment and to further my studies. I have decided to offer you 20% of the total sum for your desire to assist me.


Best Regards.
Miss Yani Dawood.





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