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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: "Frank weh" <frank_weh2@klikni.cz>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 13:24:11 +0000
Subject: From Frank


From Frank
Cote D'Ivoire
Email frank_weh2@yahoo.fr
Dear
I am writting you this letter with due respect and heart full of tears i
need your help, and with assurance that you will help me to transfer this
issue, I am the only Son of late Mr and Mrs Wehtarbah. My father was a very
rich and wealthy Gold Trader in Monrovia the Capital of republic of Liberia
in West Africa ,I want to let you know that my father was poisoned by his
business associates while my mother died when i am little as a resault of
political crisis and my father took me so special because I am his only son.

Before the death of my father on 2nd july 2007 in a hospital here in cote
d'ivoire, he told me that he has the sum of (Five Point Five million u.s
dollars ) which he deposited in a bank here in Cote D'ivoire. he made this
money from the sales of Gold, He also told me that it was because of this
money he was poiso ned by his business patners while on a business trip with
them and he instructed me to look for a foreign partner who will help me
transfer this money out of republic of Cote Divoire and invest it for me, my
purpose of contacting you is for you to help transfer this money to your
country before this people who kill my father will kill me , this people who
kill my father are after my life and they want to kill me and collect the
this money from me , that is why I'm now hiding my self here in republic of
Cote Divoire so that they will not see me, Please i need your urgent help,
Tell me how much percentage you will take in the total money of the
Five Piont Five Million USD Dolars to help me in transfering this money to
your bank and help me also to invest the money in your country, but you have
to assure me that you will help me fully to transfer the money to your
account ,l hope you will not betray the trust i have on you because this
money is my only hope in this life ,and moreover you will also help me to
come over to your country were i will settel down for my life and
continue my education, while you invest this money for me. i can assure
you there is No regrate in helping me, this money is an inheritance from my
late father,

I Await your reply,
Email frank_weh2@yahoo.fr
Greetings to you and your Family

Frank Wehtarbah

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