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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: nadine kwame <nadine_kwame1@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:15:29 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Message from Miss Nadine Kwame




Message from Miss Nadine Kwame

=A0
Dear,
=A0
I am so sorry if i may have interrupted or violated any of your policy, act=
ually I am contacting you for a favour.
=A0
l am Miss Nadine Kwame, the only daughter of late Mr. Yao Kwame. My father =
was an engineer and a contractor with the Government of Cote D'Ivoire. It i=
s sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in France during one of his b=
usiness trips abroad.Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected=
to be planned by one of his brother who accompanied him on that trip, but =
God knows the truth. My father told me that my mother died few hours after =
giving birth to me due to over bleeding, I never knew her and since then I =
grew up under the good care of my father alone.=20
=A0
Before the death of my father, he called the secretary who accompanied him =
to the hospital and told her that he has the sum of Eight Milion United Sta=
te Dollars.(USD$8,000,000) left in a metalic Trunk box, which he deposited =
in one prime Security Company here in Abidjan, but the Security Company did=
n't know the content as money, because it was registered as family valuable=
s, personally for security reasons. He made the secretary to understand tha=
t it was because of this wealth that made his brothers to be against him.He=
advised her that I should seek for a foreign partner abroad, who will help=
me to retreive that trunk box, and shipped it direct to his or her country=
, and also to travel along with him or her because my life will be in dange=
r as soon as his brothers find out about that money in the Security Company=
.=20
=A0
My dear, i am just 19 years old and a Secondary School Level and really don=
't know what to do. This is because i have suffered a lot of set backs as a=
result of incessant political crisis here in Ivory coast, coupled with the=
fact that i have been chased out of my father's house, all because i dont =
want to tell his brothers any thing about my fathers wealth, which they hav=
e plan to take over from me all because i am still a small girl.
=A0
My dear, I am in a sincere desire for your humble assistance in this regard=
s.Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded. I want you to assist =
me retreived this trunk box out from the Security Company's custody and shi=
pped it direct to your country. And as soon as you received it, you will no=
w make an arrangement for me to come over to your country to continue my ed=
ucation and also to invest that money into a good business with you.
=A0
I will be waiting for your urgent reply and also to know how much you will =
like to be your percentage from the money, after successful assistance to m=
e in geting the trunk box retreived from the Security Company and shipped t=
o your country.=20
=A0
Please my dear, if you find this mail offensive, please ignore it and accep=
t my appology.=20
=A0
Thanks once again and may God bless you and your family as you give me a he=
lping hand.=20
=A0
Sincerely,
Miss Nadine Kwame =0A=0A=0A

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