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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: Mrs Supawade Kaewmooltr <sssssssss08@zaz.att.ne.jp>
Reply-To: supawadekaewmooltr@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 9:31:27 +0900
Subject: Good day my dear friend.

Good day my dear friend.

My name is Mrs Supawade Kaewmooltr, am a citizen of Thailand, i was born July 12 1973, married to late Mr Henry Kaewmooltree of Thailand. My late husband was a cocoa merchant in Yamoussoukro the capital of Ivory Coast before he died on the 20 November 2013, we were married for 19 years without a child. Before my husband death i inherited a total sum of Six Million Two Hundred Thousand United State Dollar from my late husband when he was in his sick bed and the money was kept in a briefcase. After my husband death, my late husband relatives accused me for the death of their brother and they treating to kill me and take my late husband properties because i couldn't bear a child for their late brother. Not quite a long time my late husband relatives served me a delicious poisoned rice meal to eat, i wasted the meal to the bin only to find seven dead rats on the bin the following morning. So when i realized that my late husband relatives want to kill me,
then i decided to travel to Ivory Coast were my late husband normally do business and i deposited the briefcase in a security company in Ivory Coast.

Recently i fell sick and hospitalized in Ivory Coast and my doctor told me that from all the test conducted on my health that without urgent and a specialist am not going to last long especially due to my throat cancer and stroke but what disturbs me most now is stroke. After i found out about my illness, i decided to contact you and reveal to you in person regarding my heritage from my late husband. I want to seek your help in securing the release of the briefcase from were it was deposited and use the money to build an orphanage home in my name for the less privileged children and also help me to your country. I took this decision because i don't have any child that will inherit this money. My late husband relatives took all my husband properties because i couldn't bear a child for their late brother. I don't want my late husband hard earned money to be misused or taken from me by my late husband wicked relatives and use it for their own selfish
interest and in an ungodly manner.

I want you to call me after you've finished responding to my mail and i also want you to always remember me in your daily prayers because God works in mysterious ways. I am awaiting your urgent and positive response to enable me give you my passport and the contact of the security company in Ivory Coast to enable you call them and also give them your address for immediate delivery of the briefcase to you as the original beneficiary of the fund.

Yours sincerely.
Supawade Kaewmooltr.
0022556453118.

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