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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: john rechard <jmaria033@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <johnmaria01@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:18:27 +0200
Subject: From John Rechard



From John RechardChristian Pentecostal Mission Hqters,Rue de Triechville,Abidjan,Ivory coast.West Africa. Dear , Permit us to inform you that after reading your address in the net. I became interested in disclosing every thing about myself to you. I am interested in a long term business relationship with you.We are Maria and John Rechard the children of first wife of late Dr Michel Rechard, Family, the former chief accountant to the Sierra-Leone gold coperation in kenama , who was assasinated by the RUF rebels during his visit to our village on April 6 2004.

Unfortunately our mother Mrs Charity Rechard died for hypertension one year later in our country and before then our mother has already advised me and my younger sister Maria to look for a foreign partner to transfer this fund and invest it abroad.

We inherited a total sum of $12.5 million us dollars,from my late beloved father as the next of kin to my family. This money which is deposited with a bank here here in Abidjan under a special arrangements as deposited on behalf of a foreign partner.

Now that we are in Abidjan and verified the deposited,we need your assistance to help us move this funds out for investment in your country as we can not invest here due to its nearness to our country and the war still going on there .

we ask you to scout for a valuable and lucrative business , so that we can invest wisely. We have in mind to give you 15% of the total sum of US $12.5 million , and 10 % for any expenses which you will make in course of this transaction, fax messages, phone calls.By this mail you are now requested to arrange on how we can move the fund quick to your account in your country for investment.

Thanks God Bless you and your Family.

I waiting for your urgent response.
Best Regards
John & Maria Rechard.
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