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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: Prisca Daniel <mm_prisca@yahoo.com.ar>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:26:23 -0300 (ART)
Subject: Dearest Micheal,


Dearest Micheal,

Thanks for your mail to me.How are you today hope fine?I am very happy to hear from you, after going through your profile which give me so much impress and confidence on you with hope you will not let me down.

I am Miss Prisca William, residence in Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire , I m' 20 years of age and I love some hobbies like football, music, reading navels, watching TV and also outing. I'm the only daughter of late Mr. and Mrs. Lambert William. My father was the special adviser to the former president of Liberia Mr. Charles Taylor. I and my father came down to reside in Abidjan ( Ivory Coast ) when our president went to exile and my father late die of heart attack. Before his sudden death on 20th February 2005 in a private hospital here in Abidjan, he called me on his bedside and told me about one metallic trunk box containing the sum of $6.5 million US Dollars he deposited with a security company here in Abidjan as family valuable and he used my name as his beloved daughter as the next of kin in depositing the trunk Box. And he advises me that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will invest the money.
I humbly seeking for your assistance, to help me retrieve the box from the security company, transfer it to your country for investment. To serve as the guardian of the money and the investment since I am still a student and to make arrangement for me to come over to reside in your country to further my education as soon as the box is in your guide. Thanks as you made up your mind to help an orphan like me.
Please, I urge you to make this transaction confidentiality within your heart for security purposes.

Yours ,
Prisca William.









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