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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: nike akanbi <nikeakanbi30@yahoo.ca>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:59:21 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: CRY FOR HELP


Miss NIKE Akanbi.
BUNGALO OF PEACE
RUE 1000 HENRI AV.
ILOT 88, LOT 0081 COCODY
ABIDJAN IVORY-COAST.

ATTN:DAEREST ONE .

REQUEST FOR INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP
Permit us to inform you of our desire of going into
business relationship with you. I know this mail may
come to you as a surprise, since we have not known or
written before. Our Mother died long ago when she was
about to delivered my younger Brother junior, he is
18 years old as of today, based that we lost our
mother so early , our father took us so special we are only two from my mother's side, I and my younger brother junior . Introducing myself.
I am Miss Nike Akanbi, 20 years of age the only daughter
and one of the two surviving siblings of the late
Chief and Mrs Robert Akanbi , My father was a gold and
cocoa merchant based in Accra, Ghana and Abidjan (Ivory Coast ) he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their business trips.
Before the death of my father on 27th February 2004 in a private hospital here in Abidjan. He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of 10.5M ( Ten million five hundred thousandU.S), deposited in a Bank here ( Abidjan Cote D Ivoire ,that he used my name as his beloved daughtert for the next
of kin in depositing the fund. He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as expansion of his existing
cocoa business and real estate management overseas. I have make an arrangement with the Local bank manager here on how best to transfer this money to oversea.
Please I humbly seeeking your assistance in the
following ways.
1- To assist us in providing an account of yours where
this fund can quietly be transferred into.
2-To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am
still in the secoundary school with my junior brother.
3)- To make arrangement for us to come over to your
country to futher my education and to help me secure a
residential permit in your country.
Moreover, I am willing to offer you 15% of the total
sum as compensation for your effort/ Input after the
successful transfer of this fund into your nominated
account overseas, while 5% will be set aside to offset
any expenses we may incure. Furthermore, you can
indicate your option towards assisting us as I believe
that this transaction would be concluded within the
shortest possible time if you signify interest to
assist us.
NB: Please contact us immediately you receive this
message through the above e-mail address . God bless

Yours sincerely
Mr.Nike Akanbi & Master junior Akanbi (Younger
Brother)




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