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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: "Princess Favour Manis" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <prsfavoumanis@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 12:56:08 +0200
Subject: IMMEDIATE ANWSER......

Hello Dear,

I know my story comes strange to you because of frodulent acts in the internet this days

please remove any nagetive thought or doubt in your mind and believe me i saw your profile so i decided to contact you as my heart directed me,

my names are Princes Favour manis from liberia i am 19yrs old i inherited from my late father Five million five hundred thousand us Dollars,($5.500.000.00) the fund is in fixed /
suspense account in the prime bank here in Abidjan my late father used my names as his unique daugther for the next of kin in depositing the funds. He also explained to me that it was because of this FUNDs that he was poisoned by his business asociates That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where i will transfer this funds and use it for
investment purpose .

I saw your company profile here i am intrested and i want to take you as my forghn partner depends on your aceptance, you will provide me an account where this funds would be transferred into as the bank have agreed to
release my funds for me after wasted alot of my time here in abidjan, i have spend all my money here paying for hotel don,t know anybody here.

I want you to help me urgent for the transfer i will compasate you with 13% from the total sum and 7% for your expences please if you do this transaction with me it will help me and you will benefit also and will never regreate of helping me

thanks for your understandings and aceptance, reply back to : prsfavourmanis@yahoo.com

Best regards.
Princess Favour
Manis

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