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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: nessa daho <endyznet5@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs.nessadaho@rediffmail.com
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:29:48 +0000
Subject: HELLO,

Dearest,

Treat this message with utmost confidential and Please kindly accept
my apology for sending you this message without your consent. I
believe you are a highly respected personality, considering the fact
that I sourced your profile from the peoples search database on the
web during my discreet search for a partner whom can assist me in
fulfilling the dreams of taking good care of my only daughter.

I am Mrs Nessa Daho Meanwhile, I want to inform you that my late
husband left a contracted sum of $12.3m USD in a bank here, and even
with on-going project before unexpected death of my beloved husband.
Who was killed immediately before the arrest of our formal President
Laurent Gbagbo on the 11/4/2011 at the Presidential Villa Cocody
Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire because he was working under his government. He
died with pains leaving me and my only daughter who had just finished
her secondary education, while am suffering from a long time cancer
that prevented us from having more children, and from all indications
now my condition is really deteriorating, recently, my doctor told me
that I would not last for the next three months due to my cancer
problem. Though what disturbs me most is my stroke sickness.

When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of twelve million
three hundred thousand dollars ($ 12.3 000,000 ) with a security BANK
here, and this money is currently in the security BANK custody uptil
now. And all i want now is to transfer this money to a faithful child
of GOD so that my daughter can relocate and start her education there
under your care. Please all i want is for you to be honest with me and
my daughter.

Please my Dear, i will like you to use this money and make sure that
my daughter goes back to school and take good proper care of her and
take her as your own daughter so that my gentle soul will be happy
even when am no more. I took this decision because of my husband's
relatives they planning to kill me and my only daughter because of my
late husband's properties in other to inherit all our properties, in
recent times and i can't take the risk of leaving her in this country
and it has troubled me so much, I do not want my husband's hard
earned money to be misused by his wicked brothers and his political
enemies or used in an ungodly manner , and that is why am contacting
you.

I will provide you with all the vital details that you may need for
the transfer of the money and i will make sure that this money gets to
you before she will travel to your country, And if you will assist me
in doing this with a clean heart i will be pleased to give you 10% of
the total money for your assistance and 5% will be mapped aside to
cover any expenses spent during the transaction.

I am trusting you with faith because i want the best for my daughter,
and i believe that the GOD i serve will not disappoint me in this.

Awaiting your Immediate response and God bless.

May the living God bless and keep you
Mrs Nessa Daho

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