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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: famille NGAIBHAN <millenga0@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 17:03:36 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Please Be Sympathatic To My Cry.


DEAREST ONE,

I AM MISS FAMILLE N'GAIBHAN 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 MR KABLAN N'GAIBHAN LEFT FOR ME AND MY BROTHER BEFORE HE DIED.

THE AMOUNT IS USD $2.5 MILLION AND THE MONEY IS IN A BANK HERE IN ABIDJAN. OUR FATHER WAS A VERY RICH COCOA FARMER AND HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS COLLEAGUES AND NOW I WANT YOU TO STAND AS OUR GUIDEIAN AND THE APPOINTED BENEFICIARY AND RECEIVE THIS MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY SINCE I AM ONLY 19YEARS AND MY JUNIOR BROTHER IS 15YEARS WITHOUT PARENTS,OUR MOTHER DIED DUE TO THE SHOCK OF OUR FATHER'S DEATH.

PLEASE I WILL LIKE YOU TO REPLY ME IMMEDIATELY, SO THAT I WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE DETAILS AND INFORMATIONS YOU WILL NEED,SO THAT THIS MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO YOUR ACCOUNT SO THAT YOU WILL GET ME AND MY BROTHER PAPERS TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY TO CONTINUE OUR EDUCATION THERE.

THANKS
YOURS
MISS FAMILLE N'GAIBHAN


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