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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: mable douglas <m_w_douglas1@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:17:14 -0800 (PST)
Subject: From Mable Douglas


From Mable Douglas
Abidjan Cote d lvoire
West Africa
Dear Respectful

It is our pleasure to write you after much consideration since we can not be able to see you face to face at first.

Being the only Daughter of our father late Chief John Douglas from KWA ZULU NATAL province in Republic of South Africa (SA) I am 24 years of age and my Brother William .

Our father was a limited liability cocoa, timber, diamond and gold merchant in south Africa before his untimely death. After his business trip to Abidjan Cote d Ivoire, to negotiate on a cocoa business. A week after he came back from Abidjan, he was assassinated with our mother by unknown assassin. Which our mother died instantly, but our father died after five days in hospital, on that faithful afternoon. We didn't know that our father was going to leave us after we had lost our mother. But before he gave up the ghost, it was as if he knew he was going to die. Our beloved parents may their souls rest in perfect peace.

He disclose to us that he deposited the sum of (15,500,000,00USdollars)Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand dollars) in a Bank here in Abidjan Cote d Ivoire.

That the money was raised from his cocoa business he want to invest in overseas. Though according to our father he deposited the fund in general trust Account for further remittance abroad on behalf of his foreign business partner abroad. He disclosed to us where he kept the deposit payment slip of the fund and instructed us to seek for a reliable foreign business partner who can assist us in transferring the fund to abroad for immediate and life time investment. Now we have succeeded in locating the Bank here in Abidjan Cote d' lvoire.

We wish to ask you if you could stand as our late father's foreign business partner. We are soliciting for your assistance to help us in transferring this funds out from Abidjan to your account abroad for immediate investment in your country. Because this is our only hope in life.

Please , on your receipt of interest do introduce to us some of blue chip investment with low level risk you are familiar with, as we rely on you to use your endogenous support in the investment of this fund, after a successful transaction to your nominated Bank Account in your country.

While we enjoin you to keep this communication confidential for security reason. Awaiting anxiously to hear from you so that we can discuss on the modalities of effecting this transaction, as soon as possible. We will also conclude what shall be your percentage for your noble Assistance. please kindly contact us via E-mail.
Thanks for your kind attention and mutual understanding.

Best regard
Mable Douglas

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