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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: Frank Cole <frankcole23@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:22:23 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT PLEASE.


Please,

I am soliciting for help, i have considered you worthiness, capability, reliablility on this very plead before contacting you.I pray you remain the same to me.

I am Frank Cole, the only son of late Dr Morgan Cole, my father was a very wealthy Gold and Diamond merchant based in Lome here, the economic Capital city of Togo.

He married three wives and my mother was the last wife,my mother was the only wife that had one son for my father for that reason the other of his two wives were not in good term with my mother and I. They were fighting us from one way to another to see that they eliminate us out of the family before they succeded in killing my mother. My mother died on 21st October 2003.

I have been so special to my father because I was his only son and hope, On 24th Feb. 2005 before his death in CHU TOKIN hopital here in Lome Togo , my father secretly disclosed to me that he had a huge sum of us $19,000 ,000.00 (Ninetheen million United states dollars) deposited in a security company . My father intended to buy a house in Dubai in my name before his choronic health condition which resulted his death.

My name was used as the only son and next of kin in the deposit of the fund in the vault. My father told me that he was poinsoned purposely becuase of this money by his associates, therefore that I should seek for a reliable foreign panterner in any country of my choice to reside and transfer this money for my future investment.

Since the death of my father the remaining two wifes were tring to kill me by all means, to the extend they hired killers to kill me to, but God saved me I was not shut to death.
I am contacting you in respect of my wicked step-mothers who wanted to claim the fund with out my knowledge.

Please, I am humbly seeking your assistance in the following ways:
1) To provide a reliable Bank acount where this money would be transfered into.
2) To serve as a sincere guardian to this fund, so that we can proceed for the transfer of the fund to your account.

Well I have without regret resolved to offer you 30% of this money as compersation after successful security of this fund and for saving my life out from my wicked step-mothers, Therefore, I am expecting your prompt response to this appeal only if you are interested and equal to the requirements of this transaction .

Your undelayed response will motivate me to freely open up to you the modality of which we are to proceed for the clearance and also determine the next immediate line of action.

Best regards
Frank Cole.
Tel: 002289368997.






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