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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: "favour" <favourmentos3@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 21:57:26 +0900 (KST)
Subject: Miss favour mentos.

Dear friend

Sorry to receive my mail in this way is because of my present condition so I have no choice than to make a move by contacting you. my name is Miss favour mentos.22 years old girl, I am a French citizen from Ivory Coast, because my father is an Ivorian while my mother is from Toulouse France, both of them met when my father reside in Toulouse France and they got married I need you to trust me and give it a test as I am ready to put you in contact with the security company as my guardian. My late parents and since the death of my father I have no body here to take care of me.


Please, it is my intention to request for your assistance to be my foreign partner/trustee to transfer my inheritance money from here to your country so i can come over to your country and establish a new life because my uncles want to kill me here because of the money my father left for me in the security company. The money is worth of ($4.500, 000.00) four Million, Five Hundred Thousand American Dollars which my late father deposited in security company.


Please I promise that after the transfer I will give you 30% of the money for all your effort to help me. Please as am talking to you now my life is not safe here, I am hiding myself in a church where my life is safe because of my uncles, they are not happy with me because of this money in the company, they are planning to kill me by all possible means to enable them be in a better position to claim this money at the security company. The company director told me to look for a good person from any country of my choice to help transfer it out of the country so that i can go and have rest of mind in your country.

Please dear consider the painful condition i am now and help me, God bless you as you help me out. I will be waiting for your reply.

With love from 

Miss favour mentos.


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