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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: james julliet <james_julliet0011@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:32:33 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Please Urgent Assistance From James and Julliet ,


Please Urgent Assistance From James and Julliet,
Abidjan,Cote D'Ivoire
With Due Respect,

Permit us to inform you of our desire of going into business relationship with you. I am James and My sister Julliet we are the Children of late Mr.and Mrs.Fredrick Kalla. Our father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory coast, our father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip.Our mother died when I was a baby and since then our father took us so special.

Before the death of our father on June 2005 in a private hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called us on his bed side and told us that he has the sum of Eighteen Million, five hundred Thousand United State Dollars.US($18.500,000) left in fixed/suspense account in one of the prime banks here in Abidjan, that he used my name as his son for the next of Kin in depositing of the fund. He also explained to us that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates. That we should seek for a foreign partner in a country of our choice where we will transfer this money and make use it for investment purpose such as real estate management or other wise and profitable investment.

Moreover, We are willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your kind Effort after the successful transfer of this fund Into your nominated account As soon as i receive your reply i shall give you the contact of the bank here in Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire where the money is being deposited. Waiting to hear from you soonest.

Thanks and God bless,
Sincerely yours,
James and Julliet Kalla.


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