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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)
Reply-To: mrsgracedavison@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:45:36 -0800 (PST)
Subject: From Mrs Grace Davison


From Mrs Grace Davison
Avenue 15, rue 12
Lot 1225, Deux Plateau
Abidjan-Cote D’ Ivoire
It's my pleasure to contact you for a business venture, though I have not met with you before but I believe one has to risk, confiding in someone to
succeed sometimes in life. It is the fear of betrayal from anyone around me here that confirms my decision to contact a neutral person like you. My late husband was a government Contractor and also into estate Management before his untimely death. There is this huge amount of money Eight Million, Five Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars ($8,500,000.00) which my late Husband Mr.Richard Davison deposited in a security storage house here in Abidjan before he was assassinated by unknown person because of political problem in the country .Now due to reason behind my late husband’s death I have decided to move out of the country with our only daughter and also to invest these money in your country safe enough outside Africa for security purposes. We want you to help us to transfer this fund to your country for investment purposes on the followings below:
I) International school or any moving business you know very in your country.
If you are sincerely ready to assist us email me (mrsgracedavison@hotmail.com) I am ready offer to you 10% of the total money for your assistance. I await your soonest response. Extend my warmest regards to your entire family. Thank you and God bless you.
Sincerely
Mrs Grace Davison.
Note; I am not asking you to send me money here; I will take care of the transfer expenses here.



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