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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: kimberly dovi <kimberlydovi001@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kimberlydovi@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:14:54 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Good Day,




Dear Friend,


Permit me to inform you of my desire of writing to you, please I need a
trust-worthy person that will help me to transfer this money.


I am Kimberly Dovi 19yrs boy the only Son of late Mr. and Mrs. Kone Dovi.
My father was a very wealthy Gold Merchant in Cote D'ivoire here in west Africa
my father was poisoned by his business associates while my mother died when I
am little and my father took me so special because I am his only son.

Before the death of my father on 14th December 2010 in a hospital here
in Cote d’Ivoire, he
secretly called me and told me that he has the sum of (USD $7.5 Million) which
he deposited in a bank in the Republic
of Togo.


He also made me understand that it was because of this money he was
poisoned by his business associates while on a business trip with them and he
instructed me to look for a foreign partner who will help me transfer the money
out from Lome-Togo and invest it for me, my purpose of contacting you now is
for you to help me and transfer this money in your bank account in your country
before this people who kill my father will kill me too.


Right now I am in the refuge camp here in Togo because of this transaction
and I will compensate you with 20% of this money if you help me to transfer the
money to your account,

I hope you will not betray the trust I have on you after the bank
finally transfer the money to your country bank account, because this money is
my only hope in this life and you will also help me to come over to your
country to continue my education while you will invest my own share of the
money for me.


Thank you as I await your urgent respond.


Kimberly
Dovi.


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