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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: Alice Davidson <alice.davidson@cantv.net>
Reply-To: alice.davidson01@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 15:17:52 -0300
Subject: Hi From Miss. Alice Davidson,

Hi From Miss. Alice Davidson,

Good day and how are you today? I know that this mail will come to you
as a surprise, the very moment I saw your profile I was convince
within my heart that I can trust you with all my heart, but my only
fear now is that I pray you believe what I have to tell you now.

I am Miss. Alice Davidson as you might know, I am 17 years old, my
mother was an African American while my father was from the French
speaking colony of Cote d'Ivoire, and I was living with my mother not
too far from Charleston building, 601 57th Street, Charleston West
Virginia USA. And I attended Charleston senior High School, 1201
Washington Street E, Charleston, WV. I lost my mother sometimes ago
and after her death I came to meet my father for the very first time
in Cote d'Ivoire, though he was also living in the state before he
relocated back to Cote d'Ivoire to set up a business.

Exactly two months and one week after I came to visit my father with
the help of US consulates he died, he was very sick when I came to
visit him. But before his death there were some document he gave to me
and he told me that everything he worked for in his life time is in
the document when I crosscheck the document I discovered that my late
father Deposited $35 Million dollars in a BANK.

The reason I am telling you this, is that I'm just a little girl and
there is little or nothing I could do on my own and again if my late
father relatives / family if they find out that my late father left
this kind of fortune in my care, I don't know what they might do to me
as they have already confiscated all my late father's assets to
themselves, so I need you to help me contact the BANK as my Partner /
Guardian or my late father's business partner or owner of the said
money, and take me along with you to your country to start up a new
life there with you. If you do this for me, I will be more than happy
and will also offer you 30% of the total money for helping me. i have
with me all relevant document covering this money in the bank.

Please I request for your trust and understanding because it might
sound unbelievable to you but it is the truth. Please get back to me
as soon as possible as I am in danger now and my life is miserable
here now since after the death of my late father, so please try to
help me out as I wait for your urgent response today.

Miss. Alice Davidson.

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