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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: Betty David <bettydavid30032@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: bettydavid16@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 01:12:51 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Anticipating to hear from you soon.



Dearest,



Please permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I have gone true your profile and I prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to its esteeming nature and the recommendations given to me during my prayer, you seems to be a reputable and trust worthy person that I can confide on so I must not hesitate to confide in you for this legal, truthful and Godly relationship .



I am Betty David the only daughter of late Mr and Mrs David. My father was a very wealthy Gold and cocoa merchant in Abidjan Ivory Coast (Cote d' Ivoire) , my father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip .



My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my father on July 28 2011 in a private hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of Five million five hundred thousand United State Dollars. US($5.500,000) left in fixed / suspense account in one of the international bank here in Abidjan ,he used my name as his only daughter for the depositing of the funds.



My late father Instructed me to seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as real estate management or hotel management .



Please I am honorably seeking your assistance in the following ways:



(1) To provide a safe bank account in which this money would be transferred to . (2) To serve as my guardian and of this fund since I am only 22years. (3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education.



Note: I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/ input after the successful transfer of this fund to your nominate bank account.



please make sure you write me (A S A P.)

Anticipating to hear from you soon.

Thanks and God bless.

My Best regards,

Betty David.

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