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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: "Dr. Koffi Nene Nguessan." <dr_koffinguessan3@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:08:35 +0100
Subject:

My dear,
Greetings To You,
You may be surprised to receive this unsolicited mail as it may appear to be. Sorry to bother you any way.
I am Dr. Koffi Nene Nguessan the personal assistant (Finance) to the late President Gnassingbé Eyadéma of Lome,Togo. In order to avoid any long meaningless talk, I am looking for a person who can be TRUSTED to handle part of the money the late President wanted to go and deposit in Switzerland three weeks before he died.
I am presently in a neibouring country Cote D' Iovire (Ivory Coast) due to the problem on whom will be the next prsident and because of this there is no peace in my country right now.I wait for your quick reponse to my proposal.
Thanks and God Bless.
I will explain in details after your response to this mail address , email--------------------
See sites bellow for more details.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4239983.stm>
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4281559.stm>

Dr. Koffi Nene Nguessan.
Eyadéma Of Togo/From Dr Koffi Nene



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