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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 Samira Micheal <msamiraaa@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: samira.tage@ymail.com
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:12:40 -0300
Subject: Reply from samira



From Miss Samira Mariam Micheal Ivory Coast Abidjan, Cote d' Ivoire.
Dearest, Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business
relationship with you, my name is Mirian Micheal the daughter of late
Mr Raymond Micheal I am 22 years old ,My father was the Director of
Gold and Cocoa exportation in Ivory Coast, Before the death of my
father he told me that he deposited sum of (USD $17,000,000.00
Million U.S Dollars ) in a bank in Cote d' Ivoire, I personally
understand that it was because of my late fathers position that he
was killed by the anti-government protests and he instructed me to
look for a foreign partner who will help me to stand on my behalf and
transfer this money out of here and invest it for me, my purpose of
contacting you is for you to help me and transfer the money into your
account, I hope you will not betray the trust I have on you because
this money is my only hope in life and you will also help me to
relocate over to your country to continue my education while you will
invest my ownshare of the money for me viably, I will compensate you
with 30% of this money for your kind assistance and 5% for any
expenses which will be made, because there must be a changing of
ownership documents and other valuable documents to be on your name.
The money is an inheritance from my late father which I also secured
the deposit documents of the fund with me here in Ivory Coast where I
ran out of rescue. Yours Sincerely Samira Mirian Micheal.

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