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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: "Kola Dare" <Kolaare568t@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <koladare303@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:12:29 +0100
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP..

Dear,

I am Kola Dare, an Attorney by profession from Republic of Togo, Senior Advocate of Togo, (S.A.T). It might interest you to know that I have a deceased client that bears the same surname with you, came to Togo in 1988 and was working with Shell Development company, Lome Togo.

In 1996 Before his death, I assisted him in making a 15years fixed deposit worth $9.5M which has now Matured to USD$21M payment by the financial institution.Kindly get back to me with your required information below, if you are ready to proceed, and make sure this transaction is secret and confidential;

Full name.....................
Age.................
Country........................
Telephone number...................
Profession........................

I look forward to hearing from you if you are ready to proceed on this transaction.

Please reply back to me on my private email id if you are interested koladare303@aol.com OR dare.kola@yahoo.fr

Best regards,

Barrister. Kola Dare.
Senior Advocate of Togo, (S.A.T).

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