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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: mangabell sonia <sonia_mgll@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:45:33 +0100 (CET)
Subject: A CRY FOR HELP


MRS SONIA MANGA BELL.
ABIDJAN,IVORY COAST.

Dearest One,

I carefully considered sending you this mail based on the information and recommendation I got about quick growth of business, investment and commerce in your country, after series of discussions with my son concerning of going into partnership business with you. However, this is an urgent and passionate plea for your assistance and help, because of my present predicaments. So I would like you to carefully consider this mail and treat it as very confidential for us to achieve the success of it.


I am Sonia Manga Bell the wife to Dr Philip Manga Bell the former director general of Sierra-leone Gold and Diamond Corporation who was assasinated by the rebels loyal to Fodday Sankoh the (R U F) leader; I
managed to escape my country with my son Patrick, with the documents covering a deposit made by my late husband in a Private safe Deposit Company in ABIDJAN the economic Capital of Ivory Coast. Those documents revealed that my late husband had deposited the sum of six Million, Five Hundred United States(US$6.5M).

This deposit was meant for his participation in a joint fishing business with his partners who turned out funny while he was dicussing the terms in Abidjan with them. So because he could not buy the idea of the
partnership with them, he then deciced to lodge the money with a private safe deposit there. On getting down to Sierra Leon his partners got angry with him for his refusal to put in his money in business and he was assassinated in cold blood.


However, before his death in a private hospital, my husband had managed to secretly inform me that he had buried in his private room a small metal box which contained the documents coverring this depost and advised me to escape immediately to Abidjan in the event of his death and there look for a foreigner who would help me and my child to retrieve the box containing this fund from the private trust and security company. He told me that the assistance of a foreigner is necessary because he registered the consignment as family valuables and artifats belonging to his foreign partner. And because the official of the trust company does not know the true content of the box, he told me
that the foreigner would assume absolute althority over the consignment for easy retrieval from the company.

I am presently in Abidjan with my son and the deposit documents issued to my late husband at the time of the depost are here with me and I'm ready to forward them for your approval on request. So all am asking from you is to assist me to re- claim these box containig the fund from the security company for on-ward investment in your country as directed by my late husband.

Looking forward to hearing from you soonest;
Thanks for your kind patient, understanding, audience and anticipated assistance.

Yours Faithfully,
MRS SONIA MANGA BELL AND SON.






















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