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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: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:51:41 +0100
Subject: From Adeline.......Peace and Love!!


From Adeline M'Sila Bouteflika Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire.  Compliments Of The Season, Grace And Peace And Love From This Part Of The Atlatic To You, I Hope My Letter Does Not Cause You Too Much Embarrassment As I Write To You In Good Faith, Excuse My Intrussion Into Your Private Life.I Got Your Email Contact In A Site During My Search For A Faithful And Honest Person Who Can Use This Funds Accordly And I Prayed To Almighty God And He Directed Your Contact To Me And I Believed That Almighty God Whom I Serve Will Not Direct Me To A Wrong Person.  May The Almighty God Give You The Wisdom To Understnd Me.I Am Adeline M'Sila Bouteflika, The Eldest Surviving daughter Of Late Mr.Bruno Bouteflika of Algeria, [May His Soul Rest In Peace] At The Present Time I Am In Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire, I Hereby Solicit For Your Help To Me And My Sister.
My Late Father [ Mr.Bruno Bouteflika ] Was A Presidential Aide And Chairman Of The Algerian Railway Corporation Before He Was In The Air Crash Khalifa Airlines Flight Which Took Off From The Algiers International Airport,On The 22nd Of October 2005 With 108 Passengers And Six Crew Members On Board. Before The Dying Day Of My Father, He Confessed To Me Of About $5.Million[ Five Million US Dollars] Kept In A Finance Security Company And He Directed Me To Transfer This Money To A Foreign Account Before The Government Knows Of It Because They Are Against His Political Reforms In The Country.  I Have A Proposal For You Which I Hope By The Special Grace Of God Will Be Beneficial To You And Me. This Is Not An Illusion But Achievable If Giving Your Maximum Support And Co-operation.  I Have To Assure You That This Is Risk Free.I Am Left With No Other Option Than To Invest This Money Outside The Country Where It Will Be Safe Since Our Father Is Now Dead And The Cause Of The Crash, Government Has Sworn Never To Make know To The Public.I Hereby Propose This To You If I Can Count On You.  (1)That You Take 25%Of The Money .  (2) 5% Of The Money Would From Adeline.......Peace and Love!! Be Used In The Building Of Places Of Worship And An Institute of Studies .  (3)I Will Take 70% Finally,You are Going to Help Us Also In Investing This money,You Will Be Incharge Of The Investment While We Contiune Our Education,We Give You 20% Interest Gain On Any Profit Made From Investment Each Year, What I Need From You Is That You Forward Your Telephone Number Including Your Contact Address  Note : I Seriously Count On Your Support And Cooperation. You can also reply me back through my other email address adolly.724@gmail.com May God Bless You. Sincerely,
Adeline M'Sila.


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