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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: daniel rita <danielrita03@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 14:53:48 +0100 (CET)
Subject: GREETINGS FROM YOUR PARTNER DANIEL


My Dearest One,

GREETINGS/SPECIAL GIFT TO YOU.
I'm happy to inform you our success in getting the transfered under the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay. Presently I'm in paraguay for investment projects with our own share of the total sum. meanwhile,I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in getting the money transfered despite that it failed us some how.
Now contact my secretary in Abidjan, his name is DR AHMED KONE on his email contact address at(dr_ahmedkone@yahoo.fr).

GIKAPA CONSULTING CENTRE,
CENTRE NATIONAL DE COOPERATION
AU DEVELOPMENT (CNCD 11.11.11)
BP I63 11 PLATEAU.

Ask him to send you the total of $170.000.00(one Hundred and seventy Thousand Us dollars) which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist us in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. so feel free and get in touch with my secretary DR AHMED KONE and instruct him where to send the amount to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferness at that time. In the moment, I’m very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with DR AHMED KONE, he will send the bank draft of the amount to you without any delay.

Thanks,

Your's sincerely,
Daniel Walie and sister





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