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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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Fraud email example:

From: Sary Dora <dorasary4u@live.fr>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 10:05:41 +0000
Subject: hope this email finds you in good health,


hi dear
May this season brings you the long lasting Happiness and Success
hope
this email finds you in good health, My name is Dora Anthony 23 years
old female, I am from Liberia Republic. My parents died on 17th June
2014 as a result of Ebola virus Epidemic disease in the capital of
Liberia Monrovia city. My late father Dr. Anthony Dabi who was a
highly reputable businessman that owned (a gold merchant) who operated
in the capital City of Liberia during his days. Before the sudden death
of my father in a hospital, he called me secretly to his bed side and
told me that he deposited the sum of $ 2,870,000.00 In The Bank. He
told me that he used my name as the next of kin to the deposit. My
father told me to look for a foreign partner in a country of my choice
where I will transfer the money and use it for investment purposes for
the betterment of my future. My father told me that I should not let any
of our relative to know about this money because of their wickedness.
That is why i have contacted you to partner with me to transfer this
money into your position, so that i will come to meet you in your
country after the bank transfer the money into your account. I am the
only survival of my late parents, i have no brother nor sister at
present, all our relatives ran away to different countries because of
the Ebola epidemic disease.

I was so lucky enough to escaped
this epidemic disease in our country Liberia because, i was in boarding
school studying in Benin Republic when the incident occurred, it was
through phone calls that i heard of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia before
i traveled back to Liberia with Ebola protection to see my parents. I
am back to Benin Republic now and i am staying with a Missionary sister
in The Fountain Of Life missionaries home care Cotonou, Benin Republic,
my condition now is not good because i don't have anybody to help me, if
you feel like to assist me ,then you mail me back, so that I will
forward you my photos and Introduce myself to you more, So from there we
will get to know each other very well. however i want you to bear in
mind that there is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. i
really need your help to get this money transferred under your care so
that i will relocate from here to your country. I will present you to
the bank as my Foreign partner and instruct them to transfer the money
into your account to enable me come over to your country and plan my
life with you because i am still very young to handle such huge amount
of money, so i need your help you will also help me to invest the money
in a very good business in your country, i will be waiting to hear from
you as soon as possible. yours Dora

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