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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: Naomi Andre <naomiand20@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Naomi Andre <naomiandre23@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:30:47 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Please don't ignore this message.


Good day,

I am writing this mail to you with due respect trust and humanity after going through your profile, i appeal to you to exercise a little patience and read through my letter i feel quite safe dealing with you in this important issue, honestly i am writing this message to you with pains, tears and sorrow from my heart, i am willing to confide in you if only you will assure me of the safety of the information i am about to pass to you.

My name is Naomi André, I am 18 years old girl orphan as a result of no parent and since then i have lived alone. My father was a commitment cocoa and gold merchant in Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire before his untimely death. After his business trip to Tunisia to negotiate a cocoa and gold business he wanted to invest in Tunisia, a week after he came back from Tunisia,
he falls to ill and died five days after in a private hospital, few months after the death of my father, my uncle and his cousins began selling all my father's properties, and he refused to pay my school fees. I have been alone and nobody is taking care of me, my uncle treat me like a slave in my father's house, my uncle want to kill me and have access to all my late father's properties which rightfully belong to me.


Having known my condition i decided to transfer and invest my inherited fund in your country, i have the sum of $ 4.5 million i inherited from my late father which was deposited here in ivory coast in one of the local bank by my late father with my name as the next of kin. Please can i trust you with this and will you help me? I believe that you will not betray my trust. But rather take me as your own sister and daughter. Though you may wonder why i am so soon revealing myself to you without knowing you, well i will say that my
mind convinced me that you may be the true person to help me.. Moreover, i will like to disclose more to you if you can help me to relocate to your country because my uncle have threatened to assassinate me.


It is my intention to compensate you with 20% of the total money for your services and the balance shall be my capital in your establishment. I shall appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction sincerely; i have the documents for the claims, please stand by me and help me out. I await your response so i can tell you how to go about this. Please for security reason, i want you to send me your reply to my private email address so that i can tell you more; i am willing to confide in you if only you will assure me of the safety of the information i have passed to you.  Please help me!

Yours sincerely
Ms. Naomi André.

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