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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: "Miss. Rose Richard" <kohrogokabila0010@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: "Miss. Rose Richard" <richardrose4144@voila.fr>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 00:55:26 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Greetings

From
Miss. Rose Richard
Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire

Greetings,

I am Miss. Rose Richard, 21 years old, I am the only child of late Mr &
Mrs. Yves Richard. I prayed before contacting you, please for God sake do not
see my mail as an embarrassment as we do not met or know each other before.

I inherited Six Million, Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($6,400,000.00) here in
my name with one of the prime bank in my country and I want to transfer the
money into your account for investment purposes, as it is my wish to come over
to your country to further my education while you take care of the investment
of the money.

Please if you are interested to help me get back to me for more details.

Please I am waiting to hear from you.

Yours sincerely,

Miss. Rose Richard

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