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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: Miss Audrey <audrey_brigtte2003@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: miss_gogoua@yahoo.ca
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 03:16:43 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Miss Audrey Brigitte Gogoua

Dearest one,
May the blessing of God be upon you and grant you the wisdom and sympathy to understand my situation and how much I need your help. I am Miss Audrey Brigitte Gogoua the only daughter and child of Late Mr David Gogoua, my late Father was former national security adviser to the ousted Abidjan
military head of state, I am writing to express my interest in real estate or other good investments in your country. Though my father was assasinated by unknow persons a couple of months ago, Before his was was assasinated to death,

He reviewed to me of a deposit of huge amount of US$ 5.5M (Five million, five hundred thousand united states dollars) which my late Father Mr DAVID GOGOUA deposited in one of the prime banks here in Abidjan Cote D'ivoire- West Africa before he was assasinated by unknow persons, Actually, I
have never met you before, it was a friend of my fathers who happened to be present at his burial that advised me to consider your
country for my investments. After due consideration, No one else is aware of my proposal to you. Due to social, economic and political instability in west African region, I decided to seek your assistance in transferring this money to your position for investment purposes. I have all the vital
documents that covers the deposit which could be faxed to you upon request.

Please note that Transaction of this nature demands the highest trust and confidence between both parties. For your assistance in this transfer, I have decided to give you 15% of the total sum involved and I will also compensate you with 5% for the inconveniences and for expenses that we may in
cure during the process.

Your acceptance of this proposal or otherwise should please be communicated through my E-mail address: Your quick response will be appreciated.
I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenient time.
Yours Sincerely,
Miss Audrey Brigitte Gogoua



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