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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: Rita Micheal <ritagmicheal@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 21:27:40 +0100
Subject: Sincerely From Rita

Good Day Dearest

Please Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business
relationship with you, my name is Miss. Rita Micheal, the only
daughter and the only child of late Mr.Larry Micheal , I am 19 years
old girl, My father was the Director of Gold and Cotton products
exportation in Burkina Faso.

Before the death of my father on 18th February 2011 my father
deposited the sum of ($3,000,000 Dollars), in words Three Million U.S
Dollars) in a bank here in Burkina Faso, he instructed me while on his
sickbed to look for a foreign partner not from this country who will
help me and transfer this money out of here and invest it for me,He
let me understand that it was because of his position in Government
that his Government associates planed and poised him on a business
trip to France with them.

My purpose of contacting you is for you to help me and transfer the
money into your account, I have gone to the bank to verify the method
of the transfer with the bank director and he told me that they can
not release the fund to me, unless I provide to the bank a trustee who
will handle the fund for me and take care of me and my education.

I hope you will not betray the trust I have on you? because this money
is my only hope in life, I will compensate you with 40% of this money
for your kind assistance to me then you shall invest my 60% of the
money in a good business which shall be under your control till i
finished my school.

I assured you that there is No Risk involved in this money is an
inheritance from my late father, I also secured all the legal
documents of the fund with me here, when I receive your reply, I will
forward to you my passport copy and pictures, and my telephone
number.Here is my privet email address (rita.micheal20@yahoo.com).

I am waiting on your reply.
Yours Sincerely
Miss.Rita Micheal

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