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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: Faatin Rahman <ftin15rman@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: faatin-rahman@excite.com
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:47:39 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Miss Faatin Rahman(Your Attention PLease

Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire
Dearest Respectful,

I am miss Faatin Rahman, 20 years old from ivory coast.
Only child/Daughter of Mrs Helen Rahman.

I seek your permission to remit this amount 8.5 Million USD into your bank account so that i could come to join you to your country for investment and to further my education.

The said fund was made and deposited with a bank here in (Cote D'IVoire) by my late Mother before she died in Oct 2004 as God wanted it to be.

I have made up my mind to compensate you with 20% of the total sum for your desire to assist me.Please do respond immediately you receive this mail for more informations regarding to myself and the transaction.

My Best Regards.
Miss Faatin Rahman





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