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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: Mohammep Ail <ailmohammep@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:08:45 +0100 (BST)
Subject: I need your trustworthy


ifawnwwwGood day dearest one,

How are you and your family I hope all is well if so may all praises be
unto God,

It is with strict confidence and trust that I wish to contact you
seeking for your assistance please Dear friend this is urgent matter am
seriously in need of your support I mean your financial help. I sourced
your profile from Ivorian chamber of commerce thought I do not know to
what extent you are familiar with events well,

I am Mr mohammepail Ken the only son of late Mr & Mrs Larry
mohammepail From Ivory Coast please kindly accept my apology for
sending this
unsolicited mail to you as I know that your highly respected
personality. I am an orphan being that I lost my father a couple of
some years
back while my mother died when am still a kid am about 5years then.

My father was a serving director of the Cocoa exporting board until his
death. He was assassinated in January 2005 by the rebels following the
political uprising in my country, but am sending you this mail base on
deposit he made in a security company here in cote d' Ivoire the sum
of (6.5 million dollars. six million five hundred thousand United State
dollars) which I don't know on how to claim it back. And whereby that
the security company does not know the contents of the deposit box is
money and all they know is family treasures,

Because the time my late father made the deposit with them he told them
that the consignment will be shipping to his foreign business partner
abroad. this was his last disculssion with the security company before
he died. my dear I must tell you ever since I lost my father my only
hope things is not longer that easier for me like as it is before.
surffring and humuliation is what am seing everyday. Since my father
died
since the surdden death I am only surviving from the little money kept
in
bank,

Please I want you to do me a favour to receive this consignment as my
late father foreign associate in overseas in your country, so when
everything is over I will come over to your country and make used of
it.
Thought I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one
apprehensive or worried considering the fact that we did not know nor
met
each other before,

But I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day trust
me. Please if you are willing to assist me, do not hesitate in
replying soonest, I am ready to offer you 20% of the total money out of
your
assistance. Please try and get back to me as quickly as you can via
email furnished above for more clarifications am hoping to hear from
you
soon.

Thanks may God blessing and guardians be with you,
Regards Mr mohammepail Ken


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