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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: "DR RAYMOND GARBI" <raym56g4@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ray56g@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 17:23:08 +0000
Subject: Your Kindest Attention Needed

Attn. Dearest One,

I have decided to contact you for the first and last time to seek for your
association to get my only daughter saved and secures a better future for my
daughter under your care. On this ground, you are expected to invite her to
your country to be her guidance, and ensure good education for her. She is
Just 15 years old, a good Christian, and ready to adhere to instructions.
She attended SOS infants Missionary Children's Academy all in Cape Verde
Islands.

By a way of brief introduction, I am Dr. Raymond Garbi, aged 56 years, am a
widower, I lost my wife on Monday, 31 July, 2000 plane Crash that happened
in Hotelissimo visit news.bbc.co.uk. I am from Plot 23, Raymond Close
Province of Nakadez, Cape Verde Islands. A retired chief executive officer
of Cape Verde National petroleum Cooperation, and the C.E.O Ray hertz oil
services Inc.

I served my country with diligence and humanity for fifteen years as an
appointed chairman of Cape Verde national petroleum cooperation finally went
into politics as a presidential aspirant. Four Days to kick off my political
manifesto, I was arrested and placed under house arrest for no justice cause
or offence alleged on me then I managed to escape to Accra Ghana where I
presently live as a refugeeas I was given political asylum based on my
previous status.

All what they did to me was to jeopardize my political ambition and visions
by my opposition who is the current president of my country Cape Verde in
person of President Pedro Pires.
My contacting you is based on mutual trust after series of prayers. You are
to claim the sum of fifteen million (15.000.000.00) U.S from a security
company here in Accra, Republic of Ghana. The fund is my life savings from
both cooperate and private life businesses. The only labor to this claim is
to help my only daughter, Rita 15 years old have a safe and good future of
Education in your country and under your care.

This obligation does not stop you from investing in other businesses of your
choice since you are worthy and can make a good guidance to my only daughter
who is all I have got on earth right now. I am presently in Accra Ghana as a
political Asylum and do not know my faith in my country as I was duly
informed that my adversaries are very meant incluidng the present President
they are bent on seeing me dead.

Please, upon receiving your reply, I shall write my security and Finance
company to recommend you as my business associate and beneficiary recipient
in this matter.

Looking forward to your reply so that we can progress in this matter.

Yours faithfully.

Dr.Raymond Garbi

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