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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: mary clement <mary.051@live.fr>
Reply-To: <maryclementci@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:41:51 +0100
Subject: Very Urgent Please



Very Urgent Please
I am Mrs. Mary Clement, from Ivory Coast. I am a widow; I lost my husband a couple of months ago. My husband was a serving director of the Cocoa exporting board until his death. He was assassinated last year by rebels following the political crisis in our country. Before his death, he has an account in a bank here in Ivory Coast, containing the sum of $9.5 Million which he reserved for the import of cocoa processing machines. The board has no trace of this money since this is in his private bank account. I want you to do me a favour to receive these funds to a safe account in your country or any safer place as the beneficiary.. I have plans to investment in your country, like in real estate and in industry for production. This is my reason for making this contact; please, if you are willing to assist me and my only son, indicate your interest by replying soon. I will compensate you with 15% of the money as it is transferred, while I will set aside 3% to cover all incidental expenses that may arise in the course of actualising this transaction. Best regards.Mrs. Mary Clement
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