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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: "monica mane" <monicamane2@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: monica_mane1@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:25:20 +0000
Subject: Compliment of the season to you

Dear Sir

Compliment of the season to you

I am Monica Mane the wife of late former Director of finance in
diamond and mining corporation of Sierra-Leone,Chief Johnson Mane , Due to
death of my husband and the present political problem in COTE D'IVOIRE where
i am at the moment.

I am contacting to you asume my late husband business partner because my
husband packed a total amount of Five million united states Dollars
($5,000.000.00) in a save box and he deposited the save box with a security
and finance company in abidjan the commercial city of Cote d'Ivoire but my
husband told the security company that the save box belong to his foriegn
partner .

For your information my late husband deposited the save box with the company
as mining tools that will be ship to his foriegn busines partner and the
company do not know the real content of this box.

it is on this note that i have decided to contact you to act as my late
husband partner so that through you we will have the save box ship to your
address to enable you move the fund into your bank account and help me and
my son to come over to your country for a new life.

I have decided to offer you 20% of this money as your share for the help
you are going to give me toward this clain as the foreign business partner
to my husband.

My late husband made this fund from the over Price sales of diamond and he
wanted to use the money for cocoa business in ivory coast before his death .

I will like you to reply me back immediately if you can give me this below
assistance .

(1)you will help me and my son to come over to your country after the
shipment of the box to your address.

(2)you help me to invest this money in a good venture as i have no good idea
of investment

(3)you will be our guidian in your country as my husband is no more alive
and promise me that you are not going to cheat over this invesment.

presently i am in abidjan with my only son and i will like you to please
send your telephone number for easy communication between us. Please i need
you urgent reply.
Yours Sincerely
Monica Mane

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