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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: Dr kofi lamptey <drkflmpt@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 18:02:26 -0800
Subject: =?KOI8-R?B?8NLJ18XULCDNz8ogzcnM2cos?=

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ÁÄÒÅÓ ÜÌÅËÔÒÏÎÎÏÊ ÐÏÞÔÙ: dorisclarke44@gmail.com

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Hello my dear,
How is your day! I hope you've got a great day!.

I Mrs.Doris L. Saad, I am 42 years of age from North Africa, and now I am
in the refugee camp here in Accra Ghana (West Africa) as a result of the
civil war that is happening in my country Libya now.

Mr. Lawrence D. Saad was the Managing Director and Chief Executive
Officer (oil company) Arabian Gulf Oil Company.

The rebels attacked our house one early morning last month, and killed him,
I had to ran for my dear life and with the help of UN and Red Cross charity
Society, I managed to make my way to this country, Ghana, where I now live
in refugee camp as a refugee, my husband deposited the sum of $ 40.5Million
in security company here in Ghana, I want to invest abroad.

If you are interested to help kindly get back to me soon as possible reply
to this mail will be highly appreciated.
I'm waiting to hear from you as soon as possible, the answer to this my
private e-mail address: dorisclarke44@gmail.com

sincerely yours

Ms. Doris L. Saad,

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