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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: abas_yobo@terra.com.mx
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 10:51:09 +0000
Subject: Dear Someone,

Dear Someone,

It is my pleasure to write you after much consideration since telephone
communication can not be suitable enough to communicate to you at first.Being
the only son of my father, late Dr.Yobo Konate from Dalowa in Republic of
Côte d'Ivoire, I am 24 years of age.My father was limited liability Cocoa
and Gold merchant in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire before his untimely death. After
his business trip to Switzerland, to negotiate on a cocoa and gold business.

A Week after he came back from Abidjan, he was attacked with my mother by
unknown assassins, which my mother died instantly but my father died after
five days in a private hospital on that fateful 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
disclosed to me that he deposited the sum of $5,200,000,00 US Dollars in
a bank here in Abidjan- Côte d'ivoire and instructed me to seek for a reliable
and trust worthy partner to help me transfer this money out and leave this
country because of my safety,hence I contacted you.

I am soliciting for your assistance to help me to transfer this money out
from Abidjan to your safe account abroad so that we will invest it in any
meaningful lucrative business in your country because this is my only hope
in life.

Awaiting anxiously to hear from you so that we can discuss the modalities
of this transaction.
Please kindly contact me through this email address (abas_yobo25@yahoo.fr)
immediately for more discussion.

Thanks for your kindly attention.
Yours sincerely,
Abas Yobo
Abidjan-CI.



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