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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: "Olivia Guei" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <oliviaguei@crawler.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 08:14:55 -0000
Subject: Investment Request.

Hi,
Greetings, My name is Olivia Guei from Ivory Coast in West Africa,
the daughter of the late former military chief of state.I Inherited ($ 5,500,000.00) and my late father's fund
is in fixed deposit in Europe .I will like you to help and assist me receive and invest the fund in your care.
kindly back to me for more details.waiting to hear from you.

oliviaguei@crawler.com
+225 44900462
SKYPE: olivia.guei

Regards
Olivier Guei

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