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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: "Mr. Felix Gadoh" <felixgadoh@cantv.net>
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:09:45 +0000
Subject: From Mr. Felix Gadoh



From Mr. Felix Gadoh

My name is Mr. Felix Gadoh, Regional Managing Director of a prime bank
in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire. I have decided to seek a confidential
co-operation with you in the execution of the deal described
here-under for our both mutual benefit and hope you will keep it a top
secret because of the nature of the transaction, During the course of
our auditing, I discovered an unclaimed/abandoned fund, sum total of
US$16,000,000.00 (Sixteen Million United States Dollars Only) in an
account that belongs to one of our foreign customers Late Mr. Graham
Gardner who died on 31 of May,2009 in the ill-fated Air France Flight
447 which crashed on its way to Paris from Rio de Janeiro Airport in
Brazil;

http://www .dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1190034/
Air-France-fl ight-44
7-British-victims-include-Alexander-Bjroy-11-Eithne-Walls.html

Now our bank has been waiting for any of the relatives to come-up for
the claim but nobody has done that. I personally has been unsuccessful
in locating any of the relatives, now I sincerely seek your concent to
present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that the proceeds of
this account valued at {US$16,000,000.00} can be paid to you for the
benefit of both of us.

All that I require from you is your sincere co-operation, trust and
utmost confidentiality to enable us conduct this transaction
successfully. I assured you that this transaction will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach
of the law both in your country and here in Cote d'Ivoire once the
fund is transferred to your bank account. Upon your consideration and
acceptance of this offer, please proceed immediately and send to me
the following information.

-Your Full Name,
-Your Contact Address
-Your direct telephone Number.

This information will enable me to upload your data into our bank
database to reflect in the bank network system that you are the named
next of kin of this fund and I will guide you on how to open
communication with the bank and make the claims for onward transfer of
the fund to you, please note that we have few days to carry out this
deal, Your kind rapid response is highly appreciated via my private
email: felixgadoh@cantv.net

Thanking you in anticipation for your response.

Regard

Mr. Felix Gadoh



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