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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 patriciadaouda <m.ninadame@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: misspatriciadaouda88@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 11:45:55 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hola queridos,


Hola queridos,

¿Cómo es tu día? Por favor, perdónenme si me interferir en su privacidad, Mi nombre es Miss Patricia Daouda, de 23 años, estatura de 5 pies 11 pulgadas, peso 58 soy la única hija de última hora Dr.Seydou Daouda de Costa de Marfil en el oeste de África, mi padre era el propietario de Daouda Industries Limited de cacao y que era un asesor personal a nuestro anterior Jefe de Estado. He observado que son una importante personalidad antes de que yo por mi mente en contacto con usted. Por favor, me gustaría saber más acerca de usted, porque tengo conmigo algunos fondos que me gustaría invertir en un buen negocio con usted. Me gustaría que ser honesto conmigo para que yo pueda entrar en esta inversión con usted por mi lado y yo también me necesitan a su buenos consejos.

En primer lugar, me gustaría saber lo que haces para ganarte la vida, recuerda que me llamó la atención en el sitio que fue por eso que en contacto con usted en el primer lugar. Usted me conoce más como nos comunicamos bien. Voy a enviar mis fotos a usted.

Gracias por su comprensión, esperando oír de usted pronto.

de mi corazón
La señorita Patricia Daouda


Hello dear,

How is your day? Please pardon me if i interfere into your privacy, My name is Miss Patricia Daouda, Age 23,height 5 ft 11 inches, weight 58 i am the only daughter of Late Dr.Seydou Daouda from Ivory Coast in west Africa, my father was the owner of Daouda Cocoa Industries Limited and he was a personal adviser to our former Head of State. 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 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 Patricia Daouda







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