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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: Favour David <favourdavid4real@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:45:41 -0800 (PST)
Subject: PLEASE MY LOVE I NEED YOUR ASSISTANT WITH LOVE AND TRUST



DEAREST ONE.










Firstly I thank you for your reaction to mine email; In line with the
message, which I have sent to you. How was your Day over there in your
country believe you had a nice Day and that the atmosphere over there in
your country is very nice today? Mine is a little bit warm over here in
Dakar
Senegal. My name is Miss Favour David i am (24) but age doesn't
matter in a real relationship, so i am comfortable with your age, I am
from Cote
D'Ivoire in West
Africa, 5.4ft tall, light in complexion
single,(never married) and presently i am residing here in Dakar as a
result of the CRISES that took place on 22 Dec 2010 in my country .My
late Father Dr Felix David;  was a politician and the managing director
of a Gold & Mine Ind in Abidjan (the capital of Cote
D'Ivoire)
before the rebels attacked our house one early morning and killed my
mother and my father in cold blood.





















It was only me that is alive now and I managed to make my way to a
nearby country Senegal where i am leaving now
as a refugee under a
Reverend-Pastor's care and i am using his computer to send these message
to you. I would like to know more about you. Your likes and dislikes,
PLEASE Do to not be offended for this message that comes from me please,
fair which to me obliged to put simple trust on you due to my situation
here as the refugee and I shall demand most your conscientiousness
after yours to know about me, I shall really grow fond we to have good
in-spite attitudes therefore I have this as a trust which i believe that
you cannot betray it at the  end. I have communicated with you because
of  my difficult situation here in this refugees camp; It's just like
one staying in the prison and i hope by Gods grace i will come out here
soon.










 










I don't have any relatives now whom i can go to, all my relatives ran
away in the middle of the CRISES the only person i have now is Rev.
Samuel Godwin , who is the pastor of the ( CHRIST DE SAVIOR MISSION)
here in the camp he has been very nice to me since i came here but i am
not living with him rather i am leaving in the Women s hostel because
the camp have two hostels one for men the other for women.










 










The Pastors Tel number is (+221-771-101-282). If you call  and tell him
that you want to speak with me he will send for me in the hostel. As a
refugee here i don't have any right or privilege to anything be it money
or whatever because it is against the law of this country. My love I
want to go back to my studies because i only attended my first year
before the tragic incident that lead to my being in this situation now
took place.










 










Please listen to this (please it's a secret, even no one knows about it
except the Reverend that knows about it ) i have my late father's Last
Written Will and the Death Certificate here with me which i will send to
you latter, because when he was alive he deposited some amount of money
in one of the leading bank in Europe which he used my name
as the next
of kin, the amount in question is $6.5(Six Million Five hundred Thousand
U S D ).So i will like you to help me transfer this money to your
account and from it you can send some money for me to get my traveling
documents and air ticket to come over to meet with you. I kept this
secret to people in the camp here the only person that knows about it is
the Reverend because he is like a father to me. So in the light of
above i will like you to keep it to  yourself and don't tell it to
anyone for i am afraid of losing my life and the money if people gets to
know about it.





















Remember i am giving you all this information due to the trust i deposed
on you. I like honest and understanding, truthful and a  person of
vision, hardworking and GOD fearing . Meanwhile i will like you to call
me like i said i have a lot to tell you Attached here is my pictures. I
will equally like to see yours too. Have a nice day and think about me.
Awaiting to hear from you soonest.










Yours In Love,










Miss Favour   David.
 


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