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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: dannis emile <dannis_emile1100@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:38:00 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Dearest



Sir,

My name is Dannis Emile, My Late Father was Interior Minister Emile Boga Doudou abidjan cote d’ivoire west africa. I am contacting you of a business transfer, of a huge amount of gold dust which was deposited to our security Company I will love if you can come down here in abidjan for the cliaming of the gold, I could have do it my self but I small to take care of such amount of gold here in my country, And again I don't love to be hear do to the problem my country have been in for overy 5years now and is in the same problem that killed my Father. I will love if you can come down here and stand at my side as my late Father business partner so that will cliam the gold and we both will fly to your country at once.

Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that everything will be taking care of by me since i am in the position to give the necessary information of moving this gold in to your country, I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction. I will like to you see this yourself (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2268718.stm) and as well know that I am honest to you.

The total quantity of the gold is 250 kilos of 22 and 24 carat gold dust.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, please endeavor to contact me immediately. Get back to me with your full information and your telephone number so that I will take it to the security company where the box of gold is deposited by my Late Father b/4 he was killed on 19/6/2002.

Best Regards,
Dannis.


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