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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: Miss Raissa Keita <hghfghjivuhhhh@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: miiss20009@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:00:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello dear,


Hello dear,
 
How is your day? Please pardon me if i interfere into your
privacy,  My name is Miss Raissa Keita, Age 24, height 5 ft 11
inches, weight 61 i am the only daughter of Late Dr Fredrick
Keita  from Ivory Coast in west Africa, my father was the owner
of Keita Cocoa Industries Limited and he was a personal adviser
to our former Head of State (late General Robert Guei). I
observed you are an important personality before i made up my
mind to contact you. Please i will like to know more about you
because i wish to share true love with you and more importantly,
i have with me some funds which i will like to invest in a good
business with you. I wish you could be honest to me so that i can
go into this investment with you by my side and i will also need
your good advices.
 
First of all, I will like to know what you do for a living,
remember you caught my attention in the site that was why i
contacted you in the first place . You will know me more as we
communicate along . I shall send my pictures to you.
 
Thanks for your understanding, hoping to hear from you soon.
 
from my heart
Miss Raissa



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