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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: "Atoh Fabrice" (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 22:57:15 -0700
Subject: I will be expecting to hear from you

Dear Friend,

I know that this email will come to you as a surprise and I hope that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that I’m about to repose on you for mutual benefits of our families.

Please accept my deepest greetings and permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you.

I am Fabrice Atoh and am here with my wife and three children.

It is about the fund in my care that i want to transfer to another account.

I wish to bring to your notice that the said fund is real, I need your assistance to help me move this fund out of the Country by using your Bank account. At the moment I am not allowed to operate any foreign account because of my current situation, this is the major reason I decided to contact you so that you can act as the benefactor of this fund from your Country, immediately the fund has been Accredited into your nominated Bank account, I will then travel down to your Country. But note that I need you to be transparent and straightforward with me because the hope of my entire family depends on this fund.


All i need from you simple, i need your bank account to receive my money. I did not need any thing from you neither do i need your money, just hear me out.



I will explain in details to you when i receive your reply.

Please note that this is not a scam since i am aware of what is going on internet because i myself sometimes receive this kind of message, but please, hear me out and you are free to decide if you will partner me or not.

Give me chance to let me explain myself.

I shall wait to hear from you and let you know on the next step.


I will be expecting to hear from you.


Cordially,

Fabrice Attoh.

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