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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: "Miss Kadia Dabi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <aaegobia@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 08:05:19 -0700
Subject: Re: Please Help ...

My Dear ,
 
My name is Miss Kadia Dabi. I am a 19 years old girl from Abidjan, Cote
divoire here in west africa.I got your contact from the internet when i was
looking for one who will  help me in recieving my inheritance in his or her
account. I have three million  united states dollars(US3,000,000.00) which
my late father deposited in a bank here with me as the next. I cannot claim
the money myself because i am not upto the age of 25 which my late father
and the bank agreed. So i want you to stand as my guardian and claim the
money for me. Once the money is transfered to you, i will come over to your
country for resettlement and you will help me in investing the money. Also
I will compensate you after the transfer.
 
Please i want to know your mind today, so that i will know what to tell the
bank.
 
Miss Kadia Dabi
 
NB. Attached to this message is the document my late father gave me
concerning the money in the bank. Please go through it and reply me now.
Also reply me on aaegobia@yahoo.com

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