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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: zainab abdulkarim <abdul_6zai@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <zainab_1abdul@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:22:56 -0400
Subject: Hello,



Hello, I am Zainab Abdulkarim 17yrs old girl, from Ivory Coast. I am an Orphan Child being that I lost my parents a couple of months ago. My father was a serving director of the Cocoa exporting board until his death. He was assassinated last january by the rebels following the political uprising.Before his death he had a foreign account here in Ivory Coast up to the sum of US$10.3m which he told the SECURITY COMPANY was for the importation of cocoa processing machine. I want you to do me a favour to receive this box to a safe place in your country or any safer place as the beneficiary to my late father.I have plans to do investment in your country, like real estate and industrial production.This is my reason for writing to you i will offer you 30% of the total money Please if you are willing to assist me,Please kindly mail me back on identification of your interest through my private email account(zainab_1abdul@yahoo.fr)indicate your interest in replying soonest. Thanks and best regards.Zainab Abdulkarim.
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