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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: "Bla Ododo" <mr_blaodod@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: mrblaododo@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 20:55:57 +0300
Subject: Hello Friend Please Reply


Hello Friend Please Reply

Good day to you

My name is Mr Bla Ododo the principal treasury officer with one of the
prime banks in Cote d’Ivoire. One of our late client, a national of your
country, who used to work with an oil servicing company here in Cote
d’Ivoire, the late client deposited a fix amount of €18,200,000.00 Million
in my branch. Upon maturity, we sent a routine notification to his
forwarding address but got no reply.

Finally we discovered from his contract employers, PETRO-CI Corporation
that my
client died from an automobile accident. On further investigation, I found
out that he did not leave a will and all attempts to trace his
next of kin were fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and
discovered that the deceased person did not declare any next of kin in
all his official documents,including his bank deposit paperwork.

This sum of (€18,200,000.00) is still sitting in the bank and the interest
is rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one
will come forward to claim it. According to the law of Cote d’Ivoire, at
the expiration of 5 {five}years, the money will be revert to the
ownership of the Cote d’Ivoire government if nobody claims the
funds.Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner
to stand in as the next of kin to deceased person for the fact that you
have same last name with him so that this money will not be reverted by
the government. If this request matches with your inward intention for
success and greatness, then you are urged to make a quick response
indicating your interest and readiness to participate and work with me to
make this successful.

Please observe utmost confidentiality,
and be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for
both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in
your country. In your return mail, please do forward your information as
listed below if you are willing to complete this deal with me, to
enable me put the total fund in your name

for claim as the next of kin to the deceased person:

Your full name:
Your contact address:
Occupation;
Your phone number:
Date of Birth:

I wait for your urgent reply. Please email me to my private email for
further details; mrblaododo@gmail.com

Best Regards,

Bla Ododo

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