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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: Davis Roman <fotopoulos1@ameritech.net>
Reply-To: Davis Roman <davis_roman1@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2016 21:57:12 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: reply

Hello Dear,
I am soliciting your kind assistance to be my foreign partner for a mutual benefit to move this Fourteen million United state Dollars (US$14, 000.000.00) out of here to your care, as far as you can assure me safety and trust of the funds as it enters your country. I appreciate your time taken to read this message despite all the scam emails around the globe. My name is Mr. Davis Roman from Cote D'Ivoire, Ivory Coast the son of Late Mr. Patrick Roman former special assistance to the formal President Mr. Laurent Gbagbo who was facing four counts charges of crimes against humanity – murder, rape and other forms of sexual violence in Hague on 29 November 2011. My father Mr. Patrick Roman was killed by rebels in the City of Abidjan during the war. I came to know you in my Private Search for a reliable and reputable person to handle this project. I write you this proposal in good faith.

As a matter of fact, I am presently in Accra-Ghana our Neighboring country where my later father deposited the sum of Fourteen million United States dollars (US$14,000.000.00). This $14 million United States Dollars was packaged and kept in a vault. It was kept for safe-keeping for investment and to take care of our family. So I need a foreign trusted person who will help me to invest this funds into any lucrative business. As a matter of fact, my father is dead hence my family can no longer have any other means of livelihood except through this funds.

It may interest you to know that this money came from the sales and proceeds of cocoa, gold and diamonds because my late father was a big merchant in solid minerals before he met his untimely death. All the documents to prove the deposit of this fund are with me.

Please I am writing to seek your assistance as a faithful person to stand and accept to receive this money in your country as my foreign partner and my co-beneficiary of this funds.
I am looking forward to hear from you.
Davis Roman

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