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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: elizabeth dani <elizabeth_dani93@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:16:36 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: IT IS REAL.



Dearest,

Thanks for your urgent response to my email and for your kind willingness to assist us in retrieving our inheritance from the bank here to your account for onward investment.

First Sir, we want to make you understand that this transaction is legal and legitimate as we have here all the documents related to the deposit, we shall send that to you for your verification and confirmation as soon as you furnish us with your private telephone and fax numbers including your full banking details for us to submit to the bank for them to commence on the transfer process.

We require you to stand as our late father's foriegn business partner/foriegn beneeficiary of the fund.

To prove all critics wrong sir, we want you to please speak with our father in the lord here who has been a blessing to me and my younger brother both spiritually and morally. he is the pastor of the Ministry where we worship after the death of our both parents and he is very much eagar to get us out of here.

Please sir, we will appreciate you contact our father in the lord so that he can give you more details and guideline on the legitimacy and legality of this transaction ok.

Rev. Pastor David Kadiri Momunah.
Senior & Resident Pastor
Church of God Mission Int'l
Akwedo District Parish
Abidjan C?d'Ivoire
Phone: +22507293627
Email: david_kadiri@zwallet.com


Remember that we have here all the documents related to this deposit, and as soon as all is set, we shall forward them to you for your confirmation, and also the full contact of the bank will be forwarded to you for you to contact them to apply for the immediate release and transfer of the fund into your bank account.

Before sending out this message to you, we prayed, fasted and asked God to direct us to a reliable and honest individual that will help us, and because God hears prayers he has heard our prayers, so we plead with you to allow God use you to get our inheritance out from the bank for us to invest in your country and also to continue our education which is more important to us.As regards the percantage we can offer you 20% while 2% will be map up for any expences you might incure during the course of the transaction like phone call, emails and the rest.

As soon as you respond back, we shall give you more details and also the contact of the bank.

Please this transaction should be kept secret and confidential ok

God bless you and your family

Yours sisncerely

Elizabeth Dani


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