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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: <alice4u01@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: alice4u1@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:49:42 +0900 (JST)
Subject: YOUR ASSISTANCE NEEDE PLEASE

Dearest,
I am Alice Robouth from Ivory Coast. and it pleasess me to tell you my problem which i want you to help me out i am an ophan, To breif you a little i am a durgther of ex_director of coaca production Abidjan Cote D'lovire for 16 years before my father was proobe of hiding a huge amonut of
money,and he was arriested in 2003,

And my father have a dirvoce with my mother when i was given birth till now i don't know my mother and it so sad to tell you that my father died in the prision just because of high blood pleasure which lasted only but 4days,In the hospital before the dead of my father he called me and direct me
of where he keep a document which bears the sum of ( 8.5million us dollars) which he deposited with my name in one Security company that i shuold look for a good and honest person to help me to establish in abroad because he intended to use this money to invest in any country i may choose to
leave,

Now i want you to help me retrieve this Box from the security company and stand as my inverstment manager or director,and as you are repling please indicate your interst or percentage so that i will know if i can prociecd with you or not,
This is my reason of writing to you.
Please if you are willing to assist me indicate your interest in replying soonest.
Thanks and best regards .

Alice Robouth



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