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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: Mis Tessy Riichard <mrs.vivian.victor@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mis.tessy@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 16:43:43 +0100
Subject: My good friend partner I have succeeded

My Dear Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay.
Presently I am in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share
of the total sum.

Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me
in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.

Now please I will advice you to contact my secretary in Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso, her name is Miss Tessy Richard and here is her private
e-mail address (mis.tessy@yahoo.com)

You can also to call her through her direct mobile telephone:
73617491, ask her to send you the total Draft of $250.000.00 dollars
which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and
attempt to assist me in this matter.

I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and
get in touched with Miss Tessy Richard and instruct her where to send
the draft to you. Please do let me know immediately you receive it so
that we can share the joy after all the suffer ness at that time.

In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects
which I and the new partner are having at hand.

Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the secretary on
your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with
Miss Tessy Richard and arrange with her on how to send the draft to
you as soon as you contact her.

Thanks
Mis Tessy Riichard
Presently in Paraguay

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