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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: alice ldris <aliceldris00@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <aliceldris00@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 14:45:41 +0000
Subject: Good Day,


Good Day,

You
may be surprise to receive my mail today ,How are you and your
business,i hope all is well. I know that my message will come to you as a
surprise since I don't know you in person or meet with you
before,please I am in a state of
delinma and your profile pushed me to send you this mail
As
a matter of personal introduction, I am Miss Alice ldris from
SIERRE-LEONE Country and the only daughter of my late parents Mr. and
Mrs.Robert ldris.

My father Dr Robert ldris was a highly
reputable business magnet (a cocoa
merchant) who operated in the capital of Ivory coast during his days.
It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in France during one
of his business trips abroad on 12th.Febuary 2007.Though his sudden
death was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by an
uncle of his who travelled with him at that time. But God knows the
truth! My mother died when I was just 8 years old, and since then my
father took me so special.

Before the death of my father, he
secretly called me on his bed side and told me that my late husband was
alive he deposited the sum of USD 6,500,000.00 (Six Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in cash,packaged in bundles into
a metalic box in one security Financial house in Abidjan that he used foreign partner for the next of Kin in depositing of the
fund.

This is because I have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of
incessant political crisis here Abidjan in Ivory coast. The death of my
father actually brought sorrow to my life.I am in a sincere desire of
your humble assistance in this regards.
Yours sincerely
Miss Alice ldris







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