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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: noami aguei <noamiaguei@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 13:27:06 +0100 (BST)
Subject: from noami


From:noami
Abidjan Cote d'ivoire
West Africa .
tel 225 05 87 40 56

Introduction.
Dearest, please do reply me through this my private email and also send me your direct mail adress and phone to reach you .
It is our pleasure to contact you for a business venture which we intend to establish in your country.Though we have not met with you before but we believe,a journey of 1000 miles begins wiith a step.There is Ten Million U.S dollars(US$10,000,000.00) which our late Father kept for us with a storage of security company in Abidjan before he was assasinated by unknown persons during this war in Cote d'ivoire.
Now we have decided to invest these money in your country or any where safe enough outside ivory coast for security and political reasons.we want you to help us claim and retrieve these fund from the storage of the security company and transfer it into your personal account in your country for investment purposes
we know that you will be wondering how we got your contact.
If you can be of an assistance to us we will be pleased to offer to you 10% Of the total fund. we await your soonest response.
Respectfully yours,
Noama aguei







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