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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: tebogo dire <tobogodire10@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 07:38:51 -0700
Subject: is cancer woman Mrs. Tebogo Dire.

Dear,Friend

My name is Mrs. Tebogo Dire. am 75yrs old of age, I stay in
Abidjan.I am a good merchant, I have several industrial companies and
good share in various banks in the world. I spend all my life on
investment and corporate business. All the way I lost my husband and
two beautiful kids in fatal accident that occur in Jan,5th 2014

I am a very greedy woman with all cost I don't know much and care
about people, since when I have an experience of my it difficult to
sleep and give rest. Later in the year 2013 december I was sent a
letter of medical check up, as my personal Doctor testify that I have
a lung cancer, which can easily take off my life soon. I found it
uneasy to survive myself, because a lot of investment cannot be run
and manage by me again. I quickly call up a pastor/prophet to give me
positive thinking on this solution, as my adviser. He minister to me
to share my properties wealth, to motherless baby and orphanage
homes/people that need money for survivor both student that need money
business woman and man for their investment and for future rising.
The sum of Forty two million,United
State Dollars. USD ($42,000,000.00) left in security company here in
Abidjan. So I am writing this letter to people who really need help
from me both students in college, to contact me urgently. So that I
can make available preparation on that. Especially women of the
day,who are divorced by their husband, why they cannot survive the
mist of feeding their self. Please contact me and stop weeping.
Probably let me now what you really need the money for, and if you can
still help
me to distribute money to nearest orphanages homes near your town. Now
am so much with God, am now born again. May you be blessed, as you
reach me, please to remind you, and don,t belong to scam or any act of
fraudulent on internet? I will give more information to you as I wait
your response immediately

Please get back to me so that i can tell you more about me and with my
picture. Respond to me through this email address

Best Regards

Mrs. Tebogo Dire.

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