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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: micheal adm <mic010368@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2014 22:48:49 +0000
Subject: Attn: Dear,,


My Name is Micheal Adam,I am a banker by professional I from cote d'ivoire,
West Africa,My reason for contacting you is to transfer an abandoned fund
$12, 300, 000.00(twelve Million Three Hundred Thousand SUD $) to your
account.

The owner of this fund died in a ghastly road accident in years 2004 with
his Next Of Kin. I want to present you to the bank as the Next of
Kin/beneficiary of this fund,
Further details of the transaction shall be forwarded to you as soon as I
receive your return mail indicating your interest, and we are going to
share 50%50 of the total money after finalizing the transfer of the money
in your account over there in your country, and I will resign from my work
to meet you and invest my own share in your country with your help.

PLS REPLY ME BACK TO: E-mail: ( michealad@voila.fr )

I look for your reply for more details,

Best regards,
Micheal.

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