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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: "Rita Micheal" <micheal_rita4@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: ritamicheal74@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 18:59:44 -0000
Subject: HOPEFULLY

Good Day Dearest

Please Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business
relationship with you, my name is Miss. Rita Micheal, the only daughter
and the only child of late Mr. Louis Micheal, I am 19 years old girl, My
father was the Director of Gold and Cotton products exportation in Burkina
Faso.

Before the death of my father on 18th February 2011 my father deposited
the sum of ($7,000,000 Dollars), in words Seven Million U.S Dollars) in a
bank here in Burkina Faso, he instructed me while on his sickbed to look
for a foreign partner not from this country who will help me and transfer
this money out of here and invest it for me,He let me understand that it
was because of his position in Government that his Government associates
planed and poised him on a business trip to France with them.

My purpose of contacting you is for you to help me and transfer the money
into your account, I have gone to the bank to verify the method of the
transfer with the bank director and he told me that they can not release
the fund to me, unless I provide to the bank a trustee who will handle the
fund for me and take care of me and my education.

I hope you will not betray the trust I have on you? because this money is
my only hope in life, I will compensate you with 30% of this money for
your kind assistance to me then you shall invest my 70% of the money in a
good business which shall be under your control till i finished my school.

I assured you that there is No Risk involved in this money is an
inheritance from my late father, I also secured all the legal documents of
the fund with me here, when I receive your reply, I will forward to you my
passport copy and pictures, and my telephone number.Here is my email
address (ritamicheal74@yahoo.com).

I am waiting on your reply.
Yours Sincerely
Miss. Rita Micheal.

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