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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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Fraud email example:

From: "FROM MISS SEAN ABADI" <seanabadi@mynet.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: seanabadi@cashette.com
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 12:08:35 +0000
Subject: PLEASE BE MY GUARDIAN

From:Miss Sean Abadi
ADDRESS:03 BP 25687 ABIDJAN 03
AVENUE 23 RUE 33 BARREE COCODY
ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST
WEST AFRICA.
Tel:0022507423592
Email:seanabadi@cashette.com

Hello

It is my pleasure to write you after my seven days fasting and prayers and much consideration since I can not be able to see you face to face at first.
Being the first and the only child of my father, late Chief David Abadi from Freetown in Republic of Serelone West Africa I am 19years of age. My father was
limited liability Diamond and gold merchant in Freetown before his untimely death after his business trip to SWITZERLAND, to negotiate on a business. A
week after he came back from SWISS, he was assassinated with my mother by unknown assassins.
Which my mother died, instantly, but my father died after five days in hospital, on that faithful afternoon. I didn´t know that my father was going to
leave me after I had lost my mother. But before he gave up the ghost, it was as if he knew he was going to die. He my father, (may his soul rest in perfect
peace) he disclose to me that he deposited the sum of $7.5 million U.S dollars in a private Bank Abidjan Ivory Coast.That the money was meant for establishing
his business he wanted to invest in Abidjan - Ivory Coast. Though, according to my father he deposited the money in his own name and mentioned me in the documents as the next of kin . He single handed me over
the document and logging and verifying informations , and instructed me to seek for a trust worthy person abroad who will help me invest and manage this money for me until i am capable to handle it.
Now I have succeeded in locating the BANK in Abidjan and also confirmed the fund is in there , most honest and confidentiality. Now I am soliciting for
your assistance to help me lift this money out from The Bank to your account abroad so that we should manage and invest it in any lucrative business in your country
and also I can contiune my education which stopped since my parents death.I am Waiting anxiously to hear from you so that we can discuss how you can assist
me.
Thanks for your kind attention and mutual understanding.
Best regards
Miss Sean Abadi




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