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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: "Ms.Daneen Fatou Dawlah" <karinecollins3@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: "Ms.Daneen Fatou Dawlah" <at08572764@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2014 02:26:54 +0900 (JST)
Subject: My Dear Respond back Urgently


My  Dear  Respond  back  Urgently

Good day,may the blessings of God be upon you and grant you the wisdom and  sympathy to understand my situation and how much I need your help, My name is Ms.Daneen Fatou Dawlah , from Cote D'Ivoire iam the only daughter of  Late His  Royal  Highness Chief  Mr.Dawlah  Malik. My late father want to Buarke, A Northern city to negotiate for the purchase of a cocoa plantation when he was shot by the rebel troupes fighting to take over the Government of the country.

I  am contacting  because I  need your  assistance for Business investment  project. I  have  in my  possesion  SEVEN MILLION,FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND USA DOLLARS Deposted  in  a  finance  company in  ASIA  Presently, this money is still with the Security Company and the management just wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to receive the money or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I can not come over.I  need  your  help   i  will be  willing to  give  you  the  contact  and  details  of  the  office as  soon  as  you  respond  back  to  me for  verification. I  need  to  invest  this  money  in  Hotels  and  real  estate  business, I want  You to  serve as my foreign partner    for  the  investment of the fund over  there  in  your  country  or  anywere  that  you  think  we can  make  good  profit  in  Hotels, oil  business  or 
Real  Estate. My uncles does not   know about the fund because they had already taken my father's houses and   other properties because I am a girl and they said I do not have rights for any   property. The younger brother took   the house in the house in the village.  I  will  be  willing  to  go  into  partnership  with  you  with  legal  agreement  once  you  are  willing  for  the  investment. I wait for your urgent respond to my email:  
Sincerely,
Ms.Daneen Fatou Dawlah

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