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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 Yao <fatimayao0123@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: fatimayao123@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 14:14:40 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Hello,




Hello,



Hope this mail meets you well, I need your urgent business assistance, permit me to introduce myself ,name is Fatima Yao, I am 19 years girl, I am the only child of my parents my Late father Mr. Ahameed Yao, was a famous cocoa merchant based here in Abidjan, the Economic capital of Ivory Coast( Cote d'Ivoire).



I need your assistant to relocation and transferring of my inheritance to your country for investment, so that I can come to where you are, continue my education, set up an investment & be living peacefully. The total amount I inherited from my father was ($3,500,000.00) Three Million Five hundred Thousand United State of American Dollars.





It was my uncle and my late father business associate that plotted the death of my father, my mother was late since when I was a baby while am the only child of my parent. I am willing to offer you 10% of the total money as a mode of compensation after the transfer for your time and effort.



Please if you are ready and capable to assist me from this scenario please reply me with the following information.



Full name

Address

Phone number

Fax number

ID card or passport







Thanks in advance



Yours Faithfull



Fatima Yao

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