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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: Prince Dickson <prince_dickson23@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:52:42 +0100 (CET)
Subject: prince dickson


Dear Sir,

My name is prince dickson the only son of late Chief Ali-dickson who before his
death was Oil Services Contractor gabon National Oils.

I am writing you this mail in confidence requesting your assistance in securing,transfer and investment of a large deposit that was done by my late father with one of the Security and Finance firms in this region.

For your assistance you will receive 15 percent of the proceeds after the transfer of
the deposit to your country and 5 percent to cover the cost of handling the transaction
a fresh contract will be made to cover the investments.
Your urgent response will be appreciated, please call me directly;

Sincerely,

prince dickson


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