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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: <sandra_emile10@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: sandra_emile2006@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:55:02 +0900 (JST)
Subject: FELICITATION ...........

A VOTRE ATTENTION
" ECOPECPROCI " structure d'&eacute;pargne et de cr&eacute;dit dont le si&egrave;ge est &agrave; Abidjan C&ocirc;te d'Ivoire avec ses partenaires Sud Africains ,Marocains et Canadiens viennent de lancer une tombola nommee MERCATO LOTERIE dans le cadre d'une semaine promotionnelle initi&eacute;
par notre associe Microsoft
Au terme de ce tirage supervis&eacute; par un huissier,les r&eacute;sultas se
pr&eacute;sentent comme Suits :
1er lot : la somme d'un montant de 2,500,000 Euros
2nd lot : la somme d'un montant de 1,100,000 Euros
3i&egrave;me lot : la somme d'un montant de 89,000 Euros
4i&egrave;me lot : la somme d'un montant de 60,000 Euros
5i&egrave;me lot : la somme d'un montant de 55,000 Euros
Lors du tirage de cette tombola qui concerne aussi bien les personnes vivant ici en C&ocirc;te D'ivoire que hors de C&ocirc;te d'Ivoire mais qui ont une adresse &eacute;lectronique,votre adresse &eacute;lectronique a &eacute;t&eacute; tir&eacute;e au Cinquieme rang donc l'heureux (se)
b&eacute;n&eacute;ficiaire de la somme de 55.000 Euros.
A la lecture de ce message,nous vous prions s'adresser a l'huissier Kone Ahmed pour le retrait de votre prix.


Maitre Kone Ahmed
Email:mt_kone_ahmed@yahoo.fr






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