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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: missfatima mamadou <mninadamee@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: fatimamadou@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:32:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: =?utf-8?B?0JfQtNGA0LDQstC10LnRgtC1INGB0LrRitC/0Lgs?=


Здравейте скъпи,

Допълнение на ден за Вас, моля, извинете, ако се намесва във вашия личен живот, моето име е Мис Фатима Мамаду, възраст 24, единични, аз съм единствената дъщеря на покойният д-р Seydou Мамаду, от Кот д'Ивоар в Западна Африка, на баща ми е бил личен съветник на бившия ни (държавен глава). Забелязах че вие сте важна личност, преди да съм решил да се свърже с вас. Моля, аз ще искал да знам повече за вас, защото аз имам с мен някои фондове, които аз ще искам да се инвестира в един добър бизнес там във вашата страна. Пожелавам ви да бъде честен с
мен, така че мога да отида в тази инвестиция с вас от моя себе си и аз също ще се нуждаем от вашата добри съвети.

Ще ме познават повече като общуваме заедно. Благодарим за разбирането, надявайки се да чуя от теб скоро.

От сърцето ми,
Мис Фатима Мамаду



Hello dear,



Complement of the day to you, please pardon me if i interfere into your privacy, my name is Miss Fatima Mamadou, Age 24, single, i am the only daughter of late Dr. Seydou Mamadou, from Ivory Coast in west Africa, my father 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 over there in your country. I wish you could be honest to me so that i can go into this investment with you by my self and i will also need your good advices.



You will know me more as we communicate along. Thanks for your understanding, hoping to hear from you soon.



From my heart,

Miss Fatima Mamadou



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