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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: Florence Adams <florence@amicable.biz>
Reply-To: flo_adams1@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:55:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: From Miss Florence Adams,


Re: From Miss Florence Adams,
Abidjan,Cote d'ivoire,
West Africa.
 
Dear,
 
I am Miss Florence Adams from Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast).I am 20 years old girl orphan that is as a result of i have no parent. I have ( USD$10.5 millions ) Ten Million, Five hundred Thousand USD Dollars that i inherited from my late loved father Mr.Joseph Adams. I want to invest this fund in your country with your consent, co-operation ,assistance ,advice and help
 
Secondly on your full acceptance to work with me regarding this purpose kindly indicate your interest by reply back to me so that I will furnish you with the needful information and the details on how to proceed further. As it is my desire to come over to your country to further my education. I will be glad to give you 20% of the total sum for your co-operation. I will be very appreciative if you can return to me with urgent dispatch to enable me advise you on the modalities. I await your immediate response.
 
My Kind Regards,
Miss Florence Adams
 

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