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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. Folly Adama Claude, Esq." <myrosejoe@healse.com>
Reply-To: follyadamaclaude@w.cn
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:22:19 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear Friend,

Attn:

I wish to request your ardent attention to this very important message .Permit me therefore to intimate you about my intention of contacting you through this medium. I am an attorney at law and the principal partner of a law firm. I hereby wish to inform you about the sudden death of my late client a national of your country, who passed away through an airliner crash that involved the Togo Football Association which occurred on the 4th June 2007.

Before his unfortunate passing away, he was the chief therapeutic specialist of this football association. As a foreign employee of this ministry of many tenure to his advantage, he was quite wealthy, both in assets as he was also involved into government contracts until his unfortunate demise. Permit therefore as his personal aide to inform you about a cash balance deposit of total sum of $5,500 000.00 USD (Five million, five hundred thousand USD dollars) that he deposited in a bank before that unfortunate occurrence. I hereby solicit for your assistance to stand as a business associate and next of kin to this effect.

Take note that i am in perfect possessions of all the required items of this bank account and all other relevant documentations of his assets that will perfect the successful execution of this covenant. Upon your unbiased and speedy response to this call, I will inform you with all the required/necessary details with the modes of the execution of this covenant. I await your urgent response; forward me your legal info below, to my private email box (follyadamaclaude@w.cn)

Your Full Name.

Your Current Contact Address.

Your Private Cell/Telephone Number

Your Fax Number.

Your Occupation.

Your Current email address

Sincerely,

Mr. Folly Adama Claude, Esq.

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