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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:57:19 +0200
Subject: URGENT RESPOND PLEASE



URGENT RESPOND PLEASE
=C2=A0
Dearest,
i am sure this email would come to you by supprise since we may have not =
coresponded earlier than now.I am Ms stephine didia a citizen of=C2=A0 Li=
beria i am 23 years old .i got your contact from a very reliable source a=
nd i hope you be capable of rendering me with this help which is my reaso=
n for writing you .=20
=C2=A0
My Father was the President Ivory Coast Real Estate Association=C2=A0 a p=
ost which he held for over 12 years before he was poisoned recently and i=
believe by his wicked partners ,my mum died while i was still a baby and=
i barely recognized her looks , and since then my Late Dadd cared so muc=
h for me and took me very special.Before his death in november 2007 in a =
private Specialist Hospital in Liberia where he was transferd for further=
medications ,He secretly called me=C2=A0 and told me he has $36.000000 M=
illion, Thirty Six Million Doller in his account in one popular bank here=
in Abidjan Cote D'ivoire ,and that he had used my name as the next of Ki=
n as his only Daugther while depositing the funds .that was when he told =
me he suspected his colleagues had poisoned him he however did not mentio=
n the particular person before his death .
=C2=A0
He told me further that if he do not survive i should travel to abidjan c=
oted'ivoire where he deposited the funds and avoid going to his friends r=
ather i should seek for a foriegn partner in any country of my choice whe=
re i would transfer this money and use it for low risk investment ,he gav=
e me some investment options of ,Real estate,hotel management ,I have bee=
n in coted'ivoire now for the past two months .and i seek your honourable=
assistace in being my partner so i can have this money transferd into yo=
ur custody so you can serve as my guardian to this funds since i am 23 an=
d have no idea on investments .also to make arrangement for me to come ov=
er
to your country to further my education while you control the investment =
as=C2=A0 i study, this would be concluded=C2=A0 within seven days you ind=
icate your readiness to helping me out.=C2=A0 i expect to hear from you a=
s soon as possible=C2=A0=20
=C2=A0
=C2=A0
=C2=A0Regards

stephine didia








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