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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: miss ritature <missritature@att.net>
Reply-To: missritature@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 04:11:52 -0800 (PST)
Subject: From Miss Rita Ture,


>From Miss Rita Ture,
 
It is my pleasure to write you after going through your profile i decided
to contact you to help me out of my problem, however is not mandatory nor
will i in any manner compel you to honour
 against your will,but first Iet me
introduce myself to you.
 
My name is Ms. Rita Ture, Am 21 years of age, I am a student of high school
before I lost my parents in a car accident last year, so I have been out
from school and been looking for a sincere person that I will trust and love.
 
I am the only child of my late parents and that has made me to run away
from our family house because my uncles are after my life to take away my
inheritance which my late father left for me in a Bank here in Cote D'ivoire.
My entire dream is to find somebody that I can trust with my future life and
inheritance and also who will be able to invest it wisely in any lucrative
business.
 
Nobody knows about the inheritance which worth $7.5 million dollars in Cash
deposited in a Bank here with my name as the next of kin. And I want you to
also keep it very confidential till we can be able to transfer
 this money
from the Bank here to your country and I will fly to join you immediately
for future plans of continue my education once a join you in your country.
 
I have to trust somebody to save my future and that is why I am trusting
you now I want you to understand my critical situation and give me the love
and assistance that I need, so that I will have a better life and also enjoy
my inheritance with you. I will tell you more about myself as soon as I
hear back from you, your interest to assist me and also build more trust to be
able to have a better understanding.
I look forward for your urgent response.

Thank you and God bless you.

Best Regard.
 
Miss Rita Ture

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