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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: anita nelson <anitanelson75@gmail.com>
Reply-To: anita nelson <nelsonanita17@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 11:57:20 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Dear friend,


 TOP-SECRET
 
                      RE-REMITTANCE OF $4.2 MILLION USD
Dear friend,           With Due Respect This is what i ment.

I
 know that this message will come to you as a surprise.It's just my
Urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this
transaction of mutual benefit. Please feel free to read my massage and
respond back urgently. My name is Miss.Anita  from ivory coast in West Africa a asinlge lady,

i am working with A bank here
 as the director of Auditing and account Department I discovered
existing dormant account for 5 years. When I discovered that there had
been neither continuation nor withdrawals from this account for this
long period and our banking laws stipulates that any unserviceable
account for more than 5 years will go into the bank revenue as an
unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner in this transaction is
necessary because our late customer was a foreigner an ivorian can not
stand as next of kin to a foreigner.

I have made personal
inquiries about the DEPOSITOR  MR Archard Alexis Charles.
whos was a CONTRACTOR  here and his next of kin but sadly, the
depositor and his next of kin died on their way to business tycoon, and
he left no body behind for this claim I only made this investigation
just to be double sure of this fact and since I have been unsuccessful
in locating the relatives, I can not directly take out this money
without the help
 of a foreigner and that is why I am contacting you for an assistance to
 claim the funds and share it with me. I am seeking your co -operation
to present you as the next of kin to the account. There is practically
no risk involved, the transaction will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you and i from any breach of law. I seek
your concern for further information. CALL ME ON THIS NUMBER FOR FURTHER
 DETAILS +225-54-22-32-36 or email on nelsonanita17@yahoo.com

Amount to claim US$4.2m

if
 you are ready to handle this business please indicate by sendding your
information to me because once i receive your details i will give you
the bank contact for you to open a communication with them, please do
not reply this mail if you are not interested...

Name ....................................
Age .......................................
Sex .............................. .........
Occupation:...........................
Country .................................
Phone ...................................

Upon
 the receipt of your reply, I will give you the full details on how the
business will be executed and also note that you will have 40% of the
above mentioned sum as your own share while 50% will be for me, and 10%
Will be mapped out for balances of all expenses we are going to incur at
 the cost of inheriting the fund.

I am expecting your urgent
 response to enable me inform you on how the business will be executed.
Please I would like you to keep this transaction confidential and as a
top secret or delete if you are not interested,

My Regards to your family,
Thanks.
Miss.anita

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