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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: "davidata64@yahoo.fr" <davidata63@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:01:14 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend,


Dear Friend,
I was ask again to write you from the Minister of Telecommunications, Mrs.
Affoussiata B. Lamine. She is in need of your assistance to welcome her
Children to complete their education in your country. She is afraid due to
the upcoming 2015 presidential elections of Côte d'Ivoire. She want to
invest her funds into Business with you into Manufacturing Industry or
Medical Instruments & Supplies.
I am David Ata, I am account manager to Minister. She want the Children to
be out from our Country and also to move out the sum of, $8.200, 000.00,
Eight Million two hundred thousand united states dollars' with your help to
invest it with you, while her Children will be schooling in your Country.
This money was Deposit in our bank and she informed me as her account
manager of her planned with her family. All He need is a good partner,
someone He can trust to receive these funds on behalf of His family.
The Minister, have agreed to give you 25% of the total sum as your share,
while you will keep the remaining 75% for his investment plans with you in
a safe account. You will also help the family in buying a living home where
the children will stay as soon as they arrive to your Country. He want you
to help find a safe place where the funds can be held, ours is to send it
to you safely. You have nothing to be afraid of, as the money is not
illegal and we have a good worked out plans to get the funds to you.
If you are interested, I want you to reply me with your full name, address
and direct phone number and then I will furnish you with more details about
this transaction.

Kind regards,

Mr. David Ata.

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