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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: Helen Obed <ms.helenobed010@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <ms.helen@hotmail.fr>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:59:32 +0000
Subject: From Miss Helen Obed



From Miss Helen Obed
The Faith Ministry Int'l44 Freetown RoadAbidjan West AbidjanIvory Coast

Greetings, I am Miss Miss Helen Obed from Ivory Coast. I'm 22years old, the only daughter of my Late parents Mr & Mrs Solomon Obed . I want to ask for your help.I lost my mother at the age of 10 and my father was poisoned to death during his visit to our home town for a family meeting 8 February 2006.

Before the death of my late father he told me that he deposited the sum of 7.2 usd (Seven Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in a Security Company here in Ivory Coast of which my name was used as the next of kin . But due to the political problem here and the reason behind my parents death I will not wish to stay here again for now.
I am willing to offer you a good % .Contact me back if you are interested in assisting me,I need your full contact informations (Name,Address and telephone number) I will give you more details on how to bring fruitful of this transfer upon your immediate reply

Warmest Regards,Miss Helen Obed
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