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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: Norah Godwin <nora13@libero.it>
Reply-To: norahgodwin4love@live.com
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 21:56:55 +0100 (CET)
Subject: hi

Hello My Dear,
How are you doing today,hope all is well with you. l am writing this email
to you with hope that this email will meet you well as it's the will of
God, I am Ms Norah Godwin 24 years old never been married. I'm the only
daughter of late Dr. Felix Godwin an Internationally-known environmental
activist, my Father was a well known politician in my country Ivory
Coast . Before the death of my mother on 15 July 2010.Though her sudden
death was linked by her second bout of cancer. But God knows why,
Before the death of my Father on 15th of July, He called me on His sick bed
side in our home and told me that he left the sum of $2.5 Million USD
United States Dollars). In one of the leading banks and the money was
placed in a fixed deposit account . He further told me that He deposited
the money in my name, I am just 24 years old now and a university
undergraduate studying, and l don't really know of what to do in
business and now I want to invest this fund with a good honest man or
woman for my future living under his care and control. This is because I
have suffered a lot since l lost my beloved Father.
The death of my
Father actually brought sorrow to my life today. Please l want you to
help me invest this my inherited money in any good lucrative moving
business in your country. please consider my request for you to assist
me invest my inheritance in your country and get back to me ,
please
in view of our sensitive status and as we are still conscious of our
father's enemies I would like you to give me this a highly confidential
approach so fill the lines with your information such as,
1. Name in full: _____________________
2. Address: ___________________________
3 Nationality/state: _________________
4. Age: _______________________________
5. Occupation: ________________________
6. Telephone Number: __________________
7. Present Country: ___________________
8. Sex: _______________________________
9. Marital status: ____________________


As
soon as i received your information as listed i will use it to write a
latter of nomination to the bank introducing you to them as my foreign
partner who will represent me in their bank to receive the money in your
account on my behalf as soon as it transferred out from their custody. Thanks
>From Ms Norah.

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