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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: Aida Brimah <aida.brimah@outlook.fr>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 18:00:05 +0430
Subject: Greetings!

Hello dear,
how are you? I guess you will be surprise to receive this mail, please
don't be offended with me if in anyway i bothered you through my mode of
contact. My name is Aida Brimah, I am from Cote D' Ivoire, presently I stay
in the republic of Togo. i am contacting you via this medium because of
some issues related to me. I am adopted daughter to late Mr Kenzo Brimah a
business man, he was into exporting of cocoa bean to overseas,I was adopted
by him from sos children village in Abobo-Gare, Abidjan and i became his
daughter till his death, though he married but his wife died some years
back after she suffered cancer, unfortunately my father was killed by
unknown Gun men during the political crisis that lead that civil war in our
country in 2011.
I am compel to contact you because of maltreatment i was receiving from the
family of my late father's wife, after my father's burial,they plan to take
away my father's property and threaten to kill me if I do not leave the
place,they accuse me of killing their own sister been my late father's wife
to inherit my father's property,when I oppose their decisions, they gather
and beat me,that who am i to challenge their decision, I reported the
matter to my school authority for my protection, noting much was done, I
went to the police after some time, it did not favor me also, that is were
I loose my confident and no one to trust there.
they told me to go back from where i came from,that i am not legitimate
child to my father,that i am a prostitude child. I had wanted to go back to
the Abobo-Gare orphanage home but that was the worst place I can go. it
would have been better if my father had had relatives but he was an orphan
too, he told me that he grew on the street after leaving the orphanage home
at the age of 16 and become who he is, may his soul rest in peace, I have
lost confident of people around me, no one to protect me again, I made up
my mind to ran away because i cannot bear the beating i was receiving from
that wicked family, just like that i pick my things my hands can reach and
leave the house in their absence,they thought i can be their slave.

My journey brought me to Togo, I was directed to OCDI-Togo a home for less
privilage people because I have no other place to go, presently is where I
stay, am praying to move out this place if you can help me because there is
no future for me here, I want to come to your country to start a new life
and continue my eduction, please can you help me?

Anyway confirm this mail, reply me back, there is other issues i will like
to discuss with you.

till I hear from you,may God bless you. In my next mail I will send you my
picture

sincerely
Ms Aida Brimah

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