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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: "aida foday" <aida_foday166@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: aida_foday@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:07:35 -0500
Subject: Hello

Dear friend,
Kindly accept my apology for sending my mail to you. I want you to trust me
and help me out in this my condition. I believe you are a highly respected
personality,
considering the fact that I sourced your profile from a human resource
profile database on your country in the Internet.Though, I do not know to
what extent you are familiar with events and fragile political situation in
Liberia.
My name is Aida Foday the only child of late Dr.Solomon Foday.Who was short
died along side with my mother when the Lurd launched attack on Monrovia
after taking the northern third of the country.

My late father was Diamond/Gold Merchant in liberia,However, after their
death I managed to escape with very important files of my father.He has the
sum of (US$5.2M)Five million two hundred thousand U.S Dollars only. This
amount was deposited by my late father in one of the leading Banks in
Europe. The deposit documents indicate me as the next of kin. Presently, I
am saddled with the problem of securing a trust worthy foriegn personality
to help me. I will map out 10% for you.
(1)Stand on my behalf in Senegal as the beneficiary for the claim of the
inheritance from the bank since the management of the bank adviced that I
should solicit for an individual or corporate organization to claim the
deposit for me as they cannot release it directly to me due to my refugee
status in Senegal.
(2)Transfer the money over to your own country and into your possession
pending my arrival to meet with you.
(3)Invest and manage the money for me in a good business pending my
maturity.
(4) Help me secure my travelling documents to meet you as soon as my money
is released to you.
Furthermore,you can contact the Bank for confirmation and I will issue a
letter of authorisation on your name,that will enable the
bank correspond with you on my behalf.I am giving you this offers as
mentioned with every confidence on your acceptance to assist me or adopt me
as your Child if possible and manage the money for me.
Conclusively,I wish you send me a reply immediately you recieve this
proposal.
Until then,I remain with the best
Regards
Aida Foday

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