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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: "Susan Coroma" <susan8coroma@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: susancq3@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:27:31 +0200
Subject: Hello Dearest,

Dearest Greeting,

Compliment of the day, I am Susan Coroma, we are the daughters of John
Coroma. from sierra-Leone. I picked interest on you after glancing through
your short profile; I deemed it necessary to disclose this important issue.
Let me begin first with how actually I was a Christian. First I was bone as
a catholic because my parents are Christian including the whole of our
family and can even say our region are mostly Christian.
The ALMIGHTY GOD has done a great thing in our life passing all the
obstacles those politicians are placing on us even though my father is still
with them, I don't know how to start, please do understand me, if i begins
to tell you testimony we can't move from where we are because I will not be
able to tell you all what GOD has done for us but we keep that till we meet
by the special grace of GOD.

I lost my father during the rebel attacked in 2002.Before his death; he had
an account with a bank here in Cote d'Ivoire, where he made a deposit of
Eight Million United States Dollars). This money was for the purchase of
cocoa procession machines and development of a factory, unfortunately he did
not meet his target before his untimely death.
I contacted you because of the agreement he had with the bank during
deposit, I've been denied total access to the money, the bank Manager told
me precisely that the money was deposited in a suspense fixed account with a
clause attached to it for onward transfer into a foreign account. That the
bank will follow the agreement written and signed by both (the bank and my
father).

I was advised to look for a foreign account where the money can be
transferred before I can have access to it. I hereby ask you to do me a
favour by standing as my late father foreign business partner and the
beneficiary of the money to enable the bank effect the transfer into your
account if you have advise on how we sha ll have power over this money pleas
do that, I have plans to invest this money in continuation with the
investment vision of my late father, but not in this place again rather in
your country. I have the vision of going into real estate and industrial
production, please if you are willing to assist me and my only sister
Cynthia, indicate your interest in replying soonest.
Thanks for your anticipated co-operation,
Yours Sincerely,
Susan Coroma

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