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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: "Annabella Philips" <annaphilips21@klikni.cz>
Reply-To: annaphilipsprivate@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 01:42:27 -0700
Subject: From Miss Ann Philips


>From Miss Ann Philips
Tel:+225 02162794

Dearest One,

I am Miss Ann Philips from Republic of Sierra Leone,presently here in Ivory
Coast.I lost My father a couple of months ago.My late father was serving as
director of the cocoa exporting board until his death in my home town Sierra
Leone. He died in the hospital after a brief illness when he came back from
hisbusiness trip on January 2008.Before his death he deposited in a metal
box containing the sum of ($5.5M)Five million five hundred thousand USD in a
private security company which was meant for the importation of
cocoaprocessing machine abroad.

Note:,According to my late father the money is sealed in a trunk box and he
did not disclose to the security company the real content of the box to
aviod eyebrows on the box for the safety of the consignment.He declared to
the security company that the box belongs to his foreign partner and it is
containing Africa artworks.I want you to do me a favour to help me retrive
this box out of the security company's custody in your name as the foreign
partner and invest this fund in a benefitable investment in your country for
the future of mylife.

Please if you are willing to assist me indicate your interest in sending to
me the following information:

Your full name and address
Your marital status
Your occupation
Your country of Origin
Your telephone number

I will be pleased to offer to you 15% Of the total fund for your kind
assistance.

Thanks and God bless
Miss Ann Philips

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