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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: "forme_00@yahoo.co.th" <forme_00@yahoo.co.th>
Reply-To: aicha_ba12@yahoo.co.th
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:46:57 +0000
Subject: Miss Aicha Ba.



Dearest,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business
relationship with you. I am quite aware that my message will come to
you as a surprise because it is indeed very strange for someone you
have not met before to contact you in this regard.

I am Miss.Aicha Ba the only daughter of late Mr.and Mrs. Ba. My father
was a very wealthy Cocoa merchant in Abidjan , the economic capital of
Ivory coast , my father was poisoned to death byhis business
associates on one of their outings on a business trip.

My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me
sospecial. Before the death of my father on October 2010 in a private
hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and
told me that he has the sum of eight million five hundred thousand
United State Dollars ($8.500,000,00) He deposited with a
Finance/Security house here in Abidjan-Ivory Coast, he used myname as
his only daughter for the next of Kin in depositing of the fund. He
also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was
poisoned by his business associates.

That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice
whereI will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such
as realestate or hotel management.

Anticipating to hear from you urgently.

Thanks and God bless.
Yours Sincerely,
Ms Aicha Ba

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