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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:
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: rita micheal <rita012mi@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 14:05:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE
Hello Dear,
I am ms Rita Micheal ,a 22 years old from Cote d'Ivoire,daughter of Mr JEAN MICHEAL a known bussines man here before his untimely death. Before the death of my late father he deposited 4.5 million USD in one of the banks here which he use my name as the next of kin and the only doughter which was left in a suspence account here in my country. Sir please I seek your permision to remmit this amount into your bank account so that I could come to your country for investment and to further my studies. I have accepted to offer you a resonable percentage of the total sum for your desire to assist me.
Please I have suffered alot of humuliation from my immidiate uncles due to this funds that is the reason I contact you to help me secure the money in your country so that I can come over and continue my education from were I stoped.
I will be looking farward to hear your response .
Best Regards,
Ms Rita Micheal.
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