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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: <withgod_david@centrum.cz>
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 15:01:49 +0200
Subject: David and Doris Wade,


David and Doris Wade,
L'hotel Ibis,
Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire,
 
ATTN: My Dearest One,
Permit me to inform you of my heart desire for a business relationship with you.
 
Me and my sister got your contact when we were searching for a foreign partner here in Abidjan republic of Cote D'Ivoire on our search for honest and reliable person. we prayed over it and decided to confide in you because of your integrity and what we strongly believed that it is GOD's directives.Ones again I am David Wade(20 years old) and my sister name is Doris Wade(15 years old),the only children of late Dr and mrs. Amos Wade. Our father was a very wealthy Gold/Diamond dealer in Freetown, the economic capital of Sierra Leone. our father was poisoned to death by his close business associates on one of their outings on a business trip. our mother died 15 years ago, precisely during the child deliverly birth of doris my kid sister and since then our father took us so special.He was also playing the role of a mother to us too.
 
Before the death of our father last year on december 9th 2005, in a private hospital in Freetown, he secretly called me by his bed side and told me of a deposit of 15,000,000,00 united state dollars (FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS)he concealed in a metallic box and deposited with a finance security company in Abidjan,the economic capital of cote d'Ivoire, not deposited as money but as a family valuables  he deposited on the 2nd of JANUARY 2005. that he used my name been the only son as the next of kin when he deposited the money.
 
He warned me that because of envy that he was poisoned by his close associates. He also advised me to seek for an honest foreigner in a country of my choice those associates will not hurt me and my sister as they have succeeded in poisoning him.For your information ,it has been difficult to know who is an honest person to assist us in this transaction,and for me and my sister to continue silent over looking for assistance while the dumorage bill is increasing in the security company,i decided to make a try on you.
 
Me and my sister arrived here(ABIDJAN),a nearby country on the 6th of April 2006 since my uncle wants to kill me because of this certificate of deposits as he have suceeded in collecting all my father's property left behind. He and his wife continuously mal-treated me and my sister, and have made life very unbearable for us. The wife serve me a delicious poisoned rice meal on the 2nd of april, but for the devine mercy, her daughter secretly whispered to me not to eat the meal. i wasted the meal to the bin only to find two dead rat on the bin the following morning and that made me to run away immediately with doris my kid sister to abidjan,the economy capital of ivory coast. And we don't want to stay long here in abidjan since we know nobody or much money to pay for our hotel bill.
 
Dear, I honourably seek your assistance in the following ways:
(1).To stand as our late father's foreign partner since our late father deposited it to be cleared by his foreign partner and no name was mentioned.
(2)To come down here(abidjan) quickly for we to go to the finance security company where the deposit is so that you can help us clear it and then we shall take the money to a near by bank and open account there so that you can immediately transfer the money to your account in your country .
(3)To help me arrange for better buisness establishment where you will help us invest the money in your country.
(4)To help me and my sister come over to your country to further our education because i want to be a medical doctor while my sister mary want to be a nurse.
Please my intention is not to disturb your Peace,but because we are sincerely in need, And desperately need a solution before our life is wasted because there is war in this country.
 
Among all, the most important thing is for you to be aiding me and my sister as parent who will be directing all our affairs and doings in your country. Lastly,you will promise us that you will not betray or deny us if this my money gets into your hands,bank and country.
 
Dear,we are ready to offer you 15% of the total money for your help. But if may be you are not in better position to help. Please let us know. So that we can look for another helper.we are with the certificate of deposit upon demand,i will show you.
 
Looking forward to your kind reply soonest and may God bless you.You can also contact me through my sister's email address  withgod_doris@yahoo.com
 
DAVID AND DORIS WADE.
 
NOTE: There is WAR here in this country, please urgent help needed so that we will move out from here immediately; read this BBC news site to see a bit of what is happening here.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4627974.stm.


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