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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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Fraud email example:

From: Matiu Dunga <vmatiudunga@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: matiudunga@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:42:01 +0800 (CST)
Subject: My Heart is full of Sadness......................


Dearest One,

I am MATIU DUNGA, The only child of late Mr and Mrs DUNGA, My Late father was a very wealthy Cocoa Merchant based in Abidjan, the Economic Capital of Ivory Coast before he was poisoned to death by his Business Associates on one of their outing to discuss on a business deal.
With bitter tears am typing this today,my heart is heavy of sadness and my soul is dying at my tender age of 20.

My father was a very rich Cocoa Merchant here in Cote 'd' Voire and he was a very popular man before he died,so when he was about to give-up he secretly told me that he had some amount of huge money (US 8.5m) Eight million five hundred thousand United States dollars in his fixed / suspence account here in Cote d lvoire and he also told me that he wanted me to go abroad and study because l am a very brilliant boy. He also told me that l should seek for a foreign patner that l should send the money to because for the fear of his family member and after the money is confirmed received by my patner in oversea l should then go there to continue my education while my patner should invest the money in a very profitable business of his or her choice since l know nothing or less about investment and the profit must be shared between me and my patner so i am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways .

1) To provide a NEW BANK ACCOUNT where this money would be transfered, (please open a new account to avoid mistrust and for you to know that l am not after your money)
2) To serve as the guardian of this fund.
3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a residential permit for me in your country.
Moreover, dear, i am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as compensation for your effort input after the successful transfer of this fund to your nominated account oversea.

I have the believe that one day I will become a person in life if you could help me out, I pray that God will also help you, (amen).

Hoping to hear from you soonest.

Thanks And God Bless.
Best regards.
Matiu Dunga.

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