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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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Fraud email example:

From: Doma Micheal <micheal_dom103@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <micjeal_dom01@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 04:01:38 +0100
Subject: FROM MICHEAL DOMA (URGENT)



Abidjan Republic Cote D'Ivoire.West Africa+225 06444030Dear,I am writting you this letter with due respect and heart full of tears I need yourhelp,I got your name and contact from your country's embassy who offered me a directoryand assured of your trust-worthy and assured me of your integrity and that you can help me to transfer this money I am Micheal Doma the son of late Mr and Mrs Peter Doma My father was a Gold Trader in Monrovia the Capital of Liberia in West Africa ,until the last warin liberia .I beleive you may wonder why i contacted you,through i wide means like the internetbut you must understand that i was forced to go your embassy because of my present situation.i want to let you know that my father was killed by his business associates during the warwhile my mother died when i was little . my father took us so special because i was the only child. before the death of my father on 13th June 2007 in a hospital here in cote d'ivoire , he secretly told me that he has US$9,200,000 which he deposited in a bank here in Cote D'ivoire . He made this money from the sales of Gold and diamond both in liberia and sierra leone, He also told me that it wasbecause of this money he was poisoned by his business patners while on a business trip with them and he instructed me tolook for a foreign perosn who will help me transfer this money out of republic of Cote Divoire and invest it for me, my purpose of contacting you is for you to help me transfer this money to your country before this people who kill my father will kill me, This people who kill my father are after my life and they want to kill me and collect this money from me , that is why I'm now hiding my self here in republicof Cote Divoire as a refugee, so that they will not see me, please i need your urgent help,tell me how much percentage you will take in the total of this US$9,200,000 to help me in transfering this money to your account. But you have to assure me that you will help me fully to transfer the money to your account.
To be honest with you i have gone to the bank and made enquires;the bank people are ready to transfer this money and they told me secretly that i have to transfer it fastbefore the government will start charging tax on the money,since me father was not a citizen of cote d'ivoire.
Whatever it will cost you to asist me am ready to pay you back with interest and you can get a lawyer here for us sign anaggreement before you help me .i have all the papers from the bank with me and i can send you copies for your verification. l hope you will not betray the trust i have on you because this money is my only hope in this life ,and moreover you will also help me to come over to your country were i will settle down ,to continue my education and invest this money for me.i can assure you there is No Risk involved the money is an inheritance from my late father, I am waiting to hear from you,Micheal Doma+22506444030
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