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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: mikekeita14@gmail.com
Reply-To: mikedenniskeita@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:52:27 +0200
Subject: Dearest One


Dearest One


My name is Mike Dennis Keita from Cote D'Ivoire. I am 19 years old and a
student. Please I would like you to assist me as urgent as you can,before
they kill me.My father is a wealthy cocoa merchant.


This mistrust deepens between Oct-Sept, 2005 when they discovered avery
large some of money my father deposited with a Bank here in ABIDJAN-COTE
D'IVOIRE (FORMALLY IVORY COAST in West Africa. As a result of this
discovery and the envy on the money he was poisioned by his associates.At
his hospital bed ,he revealed to me the reasons of his sickness and directed
me where to get the documents of the said deposit which he made on my name
as the next of kin,being the only child.


He dvised me that in case he die, that I should not stay in this country
Cote D'Ivoire because his associates will equally kill me hence my mother
had died five years ago of breast cancer.


He also instructed that if he dies, I should look for a foreign partner who
will help me to transfer the money out of this place (Abidjan Cote
d'Ivoire), to his account and the person will help me to invest the money in
that country. Based on this, I had to contact you bearing in mind that you
will be humane enough to protect my life. My father finally died on the 5th
of june,2006 and since then, I was out of school and went into hiding
because of my father's asociates. All the relevant documents of the ($8.2
Million United States Dollars) that was deposited in a Commercial Bank by
my late father, are with me now.


I will give you 20% of the total money, if you can help me transferring it
into your Account, for onward investment in your country. Please contact
me immediately with the above E-mail address and include your telephone and
Fax numbers to enable me send you all necessary documents asregards the
money before they kill me. It is a risk free transaction.


I'm waiting for your urgent reply.
Best regards.
sincerely,

Mike Dennis Keita.

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