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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 <naomiandrev@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Naomi Andre <naomiandred@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 20:49:01 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Good Morning


Good Morning,

I want to invest in your country., Please don't ignore this message.

I am writing this mail to you with due respect trust and humanity, 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 after going through your profile, 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 sick 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.

As i am writing you now, 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. Having known my condition and the pains i have been going through, i decided to transfer and invest my inherited fund in your country. 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 will be the true person to help me.. My uncle have threatened to assassinate me and claim this money, i want to transfer the money into your account and join you immediately after the transfer. I will compensate you with 20% of the total money for your services and we will invest the balance in your establishment. I shall appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction sincerely, please stand by me and help me out. I wait 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
Naomi André.

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