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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: Francine Doh <frcdoh@cantv.net>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 01:42:22 -0300
Subject: Hello dear respectful

Dear Respectful One,

I am Mrs. Francine Doh from Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire. Truly i dont know you
personally, however strange or surprising this contact might seem to you, I
humbly ask that you take due consideration because of its urgent importance
with immense faith and trust i have to your good person.

Please, my reason of writing to you is for mutual assistance. I am a widow
and I want you to do me a favour to secure and transfer the sum of 12.4
million USdollars into a safe account in your country or any safer place as
the beneficiary so that it can be put into use on joint investment.

My late husband deposited this money with a bank and declared to the bank
that the money is for the importation of cocoa processing machines on behalf
of his foreign business partner but could not finalise the project before
his death.

I lost my husband On the 17th of June last year after a Sudden mysterious
brief illness which took his life that fateful same day. It was terrible for
me because I did not imagine such a sudden death and during the autopsy, the
doctor revealed that he (my husband) was poisoned with a highly-toxic metal
thallium.

To tell you sincerely, before this death, My husband has been a target even
to his own blood brothers because he was holding a strategic Economic post
and also the C.E President Board of Producers and exporters of Cocoa and
coffee in our country.

After his death, his brothers and acolytes who poisoned my husband to death
started seriously to threatening my life and that of my two children because
of my husbands' properties which now they have successfully collected
because i cannot resist them.

I have gone into hiding with my children to avoid them but also because of
this money since its their target and it is the only hope for my childrens'
future as what their father laboured for in his life time.

Please, I look forward to you with the hope of you helping me and I will
appreciate your kindness by offering you 15% out of the total sum to
actualise this immense co-operation with you as i have wished very urgently.


Thanks and God bless.
Mrs Francine Doh



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