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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: "anita dumbia" <anita24dumbia@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: anita24_dumbia@yahoo.fr
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 11:57:17 +0000
Subject: Your attention please..From Ms. Anita Dumbia.

Your attention please..From Ms. Anita Dumbia.
Please Get Back To Me Soon.

Dear,
I am Anita Dumbia from Ivory Coast. Being that I lost my perents a couple of
months ago. My Father was a serving director of the Cocoa exporting board
until his death, He was assassinated by the rebels following the political
uprising in our country and my mother died while i was a child.

Before my Father's death he deposited in one bank here in Ivory Coast the
the sum of $18.5 Million. I want you to do me a favour by assisting me
receive the money in your bank account and investing it into any lucrative
business in your country and help me to come to your country to continue my
education as well take care of me in investing this money based on an agreed
percentage.

I have no trusted person in my father's family to hand over my trust since
am a Girl and the culture here was that since my father has no son the
family has taken all they can lay their hand on since a woman has no
cultural right for such, but my father knows toowell about this culture this
is why he told me personally about this deposit and asked me not to let any
of the family to know about the secrete deposit for my future life sake as
he handed the covering deposit papers to me.

If you please find any reason to help me kindly get back to me with your
private cell and fax number for full details of this deposit. am humbly
waiting to hear from you soon.

Please Get Back to me soon as any delay will mean my sorting for another
person.

Thanks and best regards.
From Ms. Anita Dumbia.

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