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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: Daniel Haggai <danielhaggai2@k.ro>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:35:00 +0300
Subject: hello


DEAREST BELOVED ONE,

MY NAME IS DANIEL HAGGAI. NATIONALITY SIERRA LEONE. I AM 21 YEARS OLD I
LOST MY FATHER, HE WAS A WELL KNOWN BUSINESS MAN HERE IN ABIDJAN
COTE'DIVORE BEFORE HIS DEATH, HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES
DURING ONE OF THIER BUSINESS ASSOCIATES MEETING IN THE NORTHERN PART OF
THIS COUNTRY.

RIGHT NOW I'M PRESENTLY IN ABIDJAN,COTE D'IVOIRE AS REFUGEE(ASYLUM
SEEKERS)IT INTEREST ME TO WRITE YOU FROM MY HEART HOPING THAT YOU WILL NOT
BETRAY ME.

MY FATHER DEPOSITED SOME HUGE SOME OF MONEY IN ONE OF THE BANKS HERE IN
ABIDJAN WHEN HE WAS ALIFE AS THE PROFITS HE MADE FROM HIS
BUSINESS,ACCORDING TO HIM HE SAID THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS MONEY THAT HE
WAS POISONED.

HE TOLD ME TO ARRANGE WITH ANY GOD FEARING FOREIGNER WHO WILL HELP ME TO
RECEIVE THIS MONEY IN HIS BANK ACCOUNT TO ENABLE ME GET OUT OF THIS COUNTRY
BEFORE HIS ENEMIES KILL ME.

THIS MONEY TOTALING 4.5MILLION EURO( FOUR MILLION FIVE HUNDREND THOUSAND
EURO)HOWEVER, WHAT I NEEDED FROM YOU IS YOUR GOOD ASSISTANCE IN HELPING ME
TRANSFERRING THE SAID SUM TO YOUR ACCOUNT SINCE I AM INEXPERENCED IN THE
WORLD OF BUSINESS.

TREAT ME LIKE YOUR OWN CHILD, THAT'S THE REASON WHY I AM ASKING FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.THIS COUNTRY IS NO LONGER CONDUSIVE FOR ME TO STAY.

PLEASE IF YOU ARE WILLING TO ASSIST ME INDICATE YOUR INTEREST BY REPLYING
SOONEST.

IN TEARS AND IN GREAT PAIN.

THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU.

BEST REGARDS,
DANIEL HAGGAI.












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