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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: Maryse Kgn <marysekgn7@hotmail.fr>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 11:13:48 +0000
Subject: Greeting From Dfi Ali...... Gold


Attn: Sir/Madam,

Good day, and I'm Mayse Kgn Ali the son of late (Director General) Mr. Shahid Ali family from Mali, please I do need your help concerning the current situation i fine myself in, due to war in my country, I'm writing you this message from refugee camps from Accra Ghana, (Camps Name Mauritanian), this morning been 29 November 2013 i opened my mailbox and i saw a message from security company where my late father Mr.Shahid Ali deposited 400 kilogram of Gold in Lome De Togo, the managing director of the company made me to understand that they company is seriously under going bankruptcy, that I should cooperate with them as soon as I read they message, so that i will give them a location where to delivery the trunk box gold , also they give me only 30 working days, to provide them the delivery location to avoid lost or delivery it to wrong person.

I will be waiting to hear from you for more details and further procedure, because i am very confuse now i don't know what to do now, as you can see that i am not in the position to handle this situation now, and that's while i required for your assistance.

And after your assistance we are going to share it 70%30 as soon as the gold is been secured from the custody of the security company.

Best Regards
Mayse Kgn Ali.

Greeting From Dfi Ali...... Gold

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