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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: jean conteh <ddb222@live.fr>
Reply-To: ddb222@kimo.com
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:40:16 +0100 (BST)
Subject: business venture,




business venture,

I am Mr Jean W. Conteh an accountant working with one of the Commercial Banks here in Ivory Coast, I am contacting you on a business of transferring some large sum of money (united states dollers) into a safe foreign account. I need your help to come out to stand as the next of kin to late Mr. Burckhard, Erich, customer of our bank who died in a plane crash with his entire family on Monday 2ND September 1998 GMT 14:22 UK while they were flying from New York to Geneva. I will need your participation in claiming this deposit. This is the purpose of contacting you. If you are willing to collaborate with me I will offer you 50% of the total sum while 5% will be for miscellaneous expenses.You need not to have any negative thought for every aspect of security concerning this transaction is guaranteed, so If you are willing to collaborate with me,you will be the beneficiary of this deposit for the immediate transfer of the money out of the country to your
account overseas without any hitch. please treat with utmost confidentiality. For the purpose of communication in this matter,i need your private phone and fax numbers.

I await your urgent response.
(fill in the requested info).

1) Your Full Name......................................
2) Your Age...............................................
3) Marital Status.........................................
4) Your Cell Phone Number.......................
5) Your Fax Number.................................
6) Your Country.........................................
7) Your Occupation....................................
8) Sex........................................................
9) Your Religion........................................
10) Your Private E-mail Address..................

Yours Sincerely
Mr. Jean Conteh

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