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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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Fraud email example:

From: rose_dazza@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 20:56:26 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=20PLEASE=20ASSIST=20ME?=

Excerpt from original message
NAME Rose Dazza
ADDRESS NO 5698 BP ABIDJAN.
WEST AFRICA
Hello dear,
It is my pleasure to write you after much consideration, since I cannot
be able to see you face to face at first.Being the only dauther of my father,late
Mr.Smith Dazza from Sierra-Leone Africa
(WA) I am 25 years of age. My father was limited liability Diamond and Gold
merchant in Freetown Sierra-Leone before his untimely death. After his business
trip to abidjan to nagociate
on a Good Investment business he wanted to invest in abidjan. A week after
he came back from abidjan , he got an accident with my mother of which my
mother died instantly but my father died after five days in a private hospital
on that faithful afternoon, I didn?t know that my father was going to leave
me after I had lost my mother, but before he gave up the ghost,it was as
if he knew he was going to die.
He my father, (MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE) he disclosed to me that
he deposited sum of $12,000,000,00 US Dollars (Twelve Million Dollars) in
a security company here in abidjan That the money was meant for his Diamond
and Gold company he wanted to establish in abidjan though, according to
my father he deposited the money in a trunk box but declared it as vital
family belongings.He single handed me the key of the box and the deposit
certificate and Instructed me to seek for a reliable and trust worthy business
partner for my life time investment abroad. Now I have succeeded in locating
the security company here in abidjan also confirmed the items with most
honest and confidentiality.
Now I am soliciting for your assistance to help me lift this money out from
abidjan to your safe account abroad so that we should invest it in any meaningfullucrative
business in your country because this is my only hope in my life.
I am willing to offer you 20% of the total fund if only you can help me
out of my present predicament. Awaiting anxiously to hear from you so that
we can discuss the modalities of this transaction.I thank you for your understanding
while i will be waiting for your immediate
response.
Rose Dazza



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