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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: loveth godwin <lovethgodwin20@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 12:00:34 +0000
Subject: Hello Dear

Hello Dear

My name is Mrs.Loveth Godwin a Russia citizen exist and company here
in Burkina Faso West Africa as a business woman dealing with Gold /
Diamond export and import earlier, however i have been suffering from
ovarian cancer disease, i surprise the doctor says that i will not
survive to live longer because of the damage infection operation wish
i did recently, and i have no child to take care of my inheritance
funds i struggle to write you this memorandum tears sorrow through the
help of my laptop computer beside my sick-bed hospital.

I have Sun $4. 5Million US Dollars at ecobank here in Burkina Faso,
and I instructed the ecobank management to transfer the capital to a
foreigner that will apply in my name after i have gone to released the
riches to the person, because i sent to ecobank the doctor report of
my physical condition says i will not survived,and also be conscious
to know that the account pronounce has motionless shownno activity
deposits or withdrawal of money over a long period since i have been
suffering from cancer disease as i declare, please obey the ecobank if
the management ask you to activate my dormant account it is very vital
to act upon.

Please pray for mead do what i instructed you to enable me gain
heaven, don't betray the or phanage poor home as soon as you take out
this capital $ 4 .5 Million from Ecobank custody, make sure you take
80% out of this total amount of capital to the charity or phanage home
in your country and survive with the remaining 20% okay.

And you should know that this contract is not for child play for that
reason if you are interested and accept to pay the re-activating
processing fee with the Ecobank concerning my dormant account as i
mention previous, get back to me immediately to all owme give you the
contact of the ecobank to reach them in other to release the funds $4.
5 Million to your bank account data.sand me your information ok,please
fill in your personal information's as indicated below and as soon as
i receive this information's below i will forward you a text of an
application which you will fill and send to the bank for the claim of
the fund as i will direct you on what to do.Feel free to call the Rve
directly on the Rve father name DANIEL FRANKLIN 00226 78 15 95 34.

(1) Full names.....................................
(2) Private phone number....................
(3) Current residential address............
(4) Occupation.....................................
(5) Age and Sex...................................

Goodbye eternally i am a fraid to end up my life.
Mrs. Loveth Godwin.

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