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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: "Mr. Tunna Davis" <taylorjr.prince1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.tunna1@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 20:28:29 +0000
Subject: Re: reply

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Hello,
I am soliciting your kind assistance to be my foreign partner for a mutual
benefit to move this Forty-six million United state Dollars out of here to
your care, as far as you can assure me safety and trust of the funds as it
enters your country. I appreciated your time taken to read this message
despite all the spam around the globe. My name is Mr. Tunna Davis from
Cote D'Ivoire , Ivory Coast the son of former special assistance to the
President, who was killed by rebels. I came to know you in my Private
Search for a reliable and reputable person to handle this project. I write
you this proposal in good faith

Meanwhile, I am presently in Accra-Ghana our Neighboring country where my
later father deposited the sum of forty six million dollars. This $46
million United States Dollars was packaged and kept in a vault. It was
kept for safe-keeping for investment and to take care of our family. So I
need a foreign trusted person who will help me to invest this funds into
any lucrative business. As a matter of fact, my father is dead hence my
family can no longer have any other means of livelihood except through this
funds.

It may interest you to know that this money came from the sales and
proceeds of cocoa, gold and diamonds because my late father was a big
merchant in solid minerals before he met his untimely death. All the
documents to prove the deposit of this fund are with me.
Please I am writing to seek your assistance as a faithful person to stand
and accept to transfer this money to your country as my foreign partner and
my co-beneficiary of this funds.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Mr. Tunna Davis

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