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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: "DANE Christophe" <danechrist2@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: dane_chris@latinmail.com
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 22:58:32 +0100
Subject: PERSONAL LETTER

Dearest one,

With due respect and humility I write this letter to you which I believe you will be of great assistance to me.

My name is DANE Christopher I am 22 years and the only son of late Dr. DANE WILLIAMS, my father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant based in Accra Ghana & Abidjan the economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire.
I was in second year in the university when my father was poisoned to death by his business associate in GABON.

With the cause of this event, I'm contacting you in request of your assistance for the retrieve of Us $ 15. 7 million dollars my father deposited in the security company here Abidjan before his death. I have all the valid documents for the deposit of the funds.

Consequently, I need your assistance to retrieve this fund from the security company and also assist me to invest the fund in a very good and profitable venture in your country as I did not know any thing about business, while I continue my education in your country and also let me how many percent you will take from the total fund for your assistance

Please contact me via my email (dane_chris@latinmail.com ) for more details.

DANE Christopher


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