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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: <mywill_mary9@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: mywill_private@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:41:09 +0900 (JST)
Subject: i need your help

DEAREST ONE,

I AM MISS MARY GEORGE FROM IVORY COAST AND I AM CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE I NEED YOUR HELP IN THE MANAGEMENT OF A SUM OF MONEY THAT MY LATE FATHER LEFT FOR ME BEFORE HE DIED.THIS MONEY IS USD 7.5 MILLION AMERICAN DOLLARS AND THE SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN ABIDJAN.

MY FATHER WAS A VERY RICH COCOA FARMER AND HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS COLLEAGUES AND NOW I WANT YOU TO STAND AS MY GUIDIAN AND APPOINTED BENEFICIARY AND RECEIVE THE MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY SINCE I AM ONLY 21 YEARS AND WITHOUT PARENTS.

PLEASE I WILL LIKE YOU TO REPLY TO THIS EMAIL(mywill_private@yahoo.co.jp)

SO THAT I WILL GIVE ALL THE INFORMATIONS AND FOR YOU TO STAND AS MY APPOINTED BENEFICIARY TO THE DEPOSIT. SO THAT THIS MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO YOUR ACCOUNT.YOU WILL ALSO GET ME PAPERS TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR ME TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATION WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN MY
LIFE.

I AM WILLIANG TO OFFER YOU 15 % OF THE TOTAL SUM AS COMPERSATION AND YOUR ASSISTANCE, CONSIDER THIS AND GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSIBLE.

MISS MARY GEORGE
BP 2447 01 RUE ABIDJAN.



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