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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: Salom Samson <salomsamson48@online2.fr>
Reply-To: salomsamson4@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 02:15:32 +0000
Subject: Dear sir/Madam,

Dear sir/Madam,

I am Miss. Salom Samson, from Cote d'Ivoire, I inherited
USD$6,200,000.00 (Six Million two Hundred Thousand United State Dollars)
from my late father Mr. Peter Samson who is once a formal minister of
work and housing in Ivory Coast, He was killed by a Rebel group in Ivory
Coast. I need your help to help me transfer this fund to your private
bank account as our family beneficiary. As soon as you respond I will
give you more information regarding the name of the bank where this fund
is being deposited by my late father here in our country.

God Bless as you helps me in this situation.

Miss. Salom Samson.

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