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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: Fatima Evah <fatima.evah@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: fatimaevah@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:52:40 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: INQUIRY


Greeting,

I am Fatima Evah, I am contacting you directly for us to have this deal /transaction for our mutual benefit.

I am a portfolio manager in my bank; I contacted you to work together with me in claiming the fund belonging to my deceased client.

Unfortunately he died without a registered next of kin and my bank will want to declare the fund as unclaimed fund and send it to national reserve bank. I want you to come in as an investment partner/Trustee to my client. I will prepare all document in your favour to ensure that my bank transfer the fund to your account that you will provide.

If you are interested to transact with me, please send me your acceptance letter with your contact and bank account detail. I want to assure you that there is no risk in this operation. I will take care of the notary mobilization for thr payperwork.

I wait for your urgent reply Via: fatimaevah@hotmail.com

Thanks,
Ms Fatima Evah.

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