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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: "goodwill dagogo" <goodwilldagogo1@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:26:01 +0000
Subject: Save A Soul

Peace of The Lord Be with You
In my search for a reliable and God fearing person and having gotten your
contact through prayers and painstaking efforts I have decided to seek
yourhelp in carrying out my last wish. My names are Goodwill Dagogo I'm a 45
years old man and a Western Saharan.I am presently in Republic of Western
Sahara. I was a merchant and owned two businesses in Dubai, the United Arab
Emirates. I was also married with two Children.My wife and two children died
in a car accident six years
ago.Before this happened my business and concern for making money was all I
lived for. I never really cared about other values in life. But since the
loss of my family, I have found a new desire to assistHelpless families. I
have been helping Orphans in orphanage/motherless homes. I have also donated
some money for humanitarian needs in some Asian countries.Only recently, I
saw on television the colossal loss of properties and livelihood of people
in Canberra,Australia through Water flood. I was moved with great pity and
compassion that I decided to make a contribution on assisting people over
there. Before I became ill, I kept $8.5 Million in a long-term deposit
account in a finance company in Africa.Presently, I'm in an hospital where I
have been
undergoing treatment for oesophageal cancer. I have since lost my ability to
talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few weeks to live. It is
my last wish to see this money distributed to needy and other charity
organizations. Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my
wealth since my illness,I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge
responsibility to any of them. Please, I beg you in the name of God to help
me collect the deposit and the interest accrued from the finance company
based in Africa and distribute it accordingly. Use your judgement to
distribute the money and keep 10% of it to yourself.Feel free to reimburse
yourself when you have the money for any cost you incur during the process
of collecting and distributing the money. If you are willing to help, please
reply as soon as you can.
Endeavor to send me your full contact details like your name, address,
telephone and fax number so that I can refer you the security company where
the funds is lodged and also give you the address of my attorney who will
handle this business with you because of my
ill health.
May God Bless you and your family.
Regards,
Goodwill

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