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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: Grace Richard <grace.richard011@yahoo.com.tr>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 09:07:59 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Good day




 
Good day
It is my pleasure to contact you for a business that my sister and I intend to establish in your country. We have five million Euros (Euros 5,000,000.00 ) that our parents deposited with a security company in Abidjan, Côte
Ivory before their death. my sister and I decided to invest this money in your country and not
our country for political and security reasons .

We want you to help us to transfer this fund to your bank in your country for investment. in
the areas of investment were tax will not be much . If you can be of help to us, we are happy to offer you 15 % of the total funds. for
the fact that we are too young to manage any business, we
want you to take care of the transfer and investment
through the wealth of your knowledge.
What you'll spend in the transfer of funds will also be refunded to you outside of what we promised you earlier.

Await your urgent response to this .

cordially
Grace & Richard
grace.richard50@yahoo.com
+2348146434160

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