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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:
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: mona <samiramona4@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:13:09 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Assalamualaikum Wr Wb,
Assalamualaikum Wr Wb,
Good day and greetings from Divo. My name is Mrs. Samira Mona from Divo; I'm a Muslim, and living in Cote d ivoire. My husband dies during the war problem here in ivory coast. My husband was cocoa merchant here in divo before he died.
Now that i am widow and i dont have any body for my help here or assist me invest i decided to seek for your kind intrest and confidencially for you to help me invest the only inheritance fund that left with me here which he deposited to a finance house when he was alive and the sum is 7.7million usd he deposited the fund in econimical capital of my country before the war problem started in ivory coast and I have decided to use this money to establish a good investment project in out side my country due to i am afraid as the incident that happen to me.
i decided to send you this message. Please kindly tell me the type of investment that would be very suitable for long term investment project in your country. I will be waiting for your reply ASAP. Thank you very much and may Allah bless your family.
Wassalamualaikum,
Mrs. Samira Mona
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