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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: azize kebe <zuu_kebe@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: az_kebe@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 15:22:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: from azize




Dear,

I am Azize Kebe, 20 years of age, and i am
in search of a trustworthy investor.

I inherited {$11.5million us dollars}with 120kilos
of alluvia gold dust 23 carats,and i need
a fund Manager,that will asist me for the
retrieve of the consignment from the safe
keeping company,in Accra Ghana and transfer
it to your country.

Also help me invest this amount as i do
not have any knowledge in Financial
investments.As soon as i hear from you,
i will forward to you all the doccuments
that covered the deposit consignment.

For Further details please get back to me
as soon as possible with your,

Full Names.
Contact Address.
Tel/Fax Numbers.
I await your urgent response.

Yours Sincerely,
Azize Kebe

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