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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: David Smith <davidsmith@olivg.org>
Reply-To: <davidsmith201140@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:12:01 +0000
Subject: FROM DAVID SMITH



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My Dear,

I hope my mail find you in good health condition? If so thanks to
almighty God. I am David Smith the Son of the late assassinated senator
in Zimbabwe Smith Marume I am new with internet and feel very reluctant
to fading my rightful partner for this help I needed especially through

the internet but the lord has revealed to me that you will be a God sen
to help me in this favor, so I decided to give it a try to contact you.

Let me tell you a little about myself and why I contacted you. I am an
orphan, meninges I don't have both parents any more their death has
really caused me lot of sorrow because the death circumstances was trace
back to the government of my country because of his support for the
opposition party with his wealth. It is such a long story which I will
explain further to you later. When my father was at the hospital, he
gave me a document of (US$10.5M) he deposited with one of the prime bank
based here in Cote D'ivoire for investment purpose in Europe which he
was unable to accomplish before his death. He gave me this document
because he made my name as the next of kin to the deposit and he
instructed me to hide away from his family members because they are
looking for the document of that deposit and that is why they formed
together to kill him with his business associates and the government.
And now they have taken over my entire father's estate and share it all
so my life is now in danger because they know about the document I have
with me so now I run away from them to a secret location to find help.I
want you to help me in this way:

1. I will introduce you to the bank based here in Cote D'ivoire as my
partner and i want my inherited deposit money to be transfer to your
care.
2. I will send you all the deposit details and contact of the bank and
you will call them on my behalf for the transfer to you.
3. Once it is transferred to you, you will send me little amount from
the money to arrange my travel to meet you.
4. You will be my partner and guidance to find a good investment with
the money.

5. I will offer you 30% of the total money as compensation for your
effort and assistance and 5% for your expenses once the money is
transferred to you, Once I get your reply I will write you more steps to
take and I can transfer my inheritance to you and travel to meet you for
joint work and partnership. I will give you some compensation from this
money but I want us to have more truthful relationship than this money
alone.

Note: I count on your honesty for this transfer Hope to read from you
soon God bless you, For proper Verification here is my contact number.
+22547775927

Your sincerely
David Smith

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