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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:00:30 +0100
Subject: From : Mr.Cliff Emina


From : Mr.Cliff Emina
Abidjan Cote de Ivoire
Phone: +22504302869
Alternative email:
eminacliff@yahoo.com


=C2=A0
Hello dear,

May this mail will find you in Good condition. Pls read this message and =
get back to me urgent ly,i am serious about this. I am serious about this=
business and I want you to take it so serious as I do so that we can ach=
ieve our Goal.=20
=C2=A0
It Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationsh=
ip with you. I have the believe you that are a reputable, responsible and=
trustworthy person I can do relay with for a partner and by matter of tr=
ust I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere tra=
nsaction.=20
=C2=A0
My name is Mr.Cliff Emina, I am 42 years old young man and I am from Cote=
D'Ivoire in west African Region, I am a banker here in ABIDJAN COTE D'IV=
OIRE, I need a very good relationship with you and open minded so that we=
can work together as one family and have this golden fortune that comes =
my way that I want us to join our hands together and make the claim and t=
ransfer of the money into your bank account in your country without any p=
roblem.=20
=C2=A0
Really, we do not know or have see each other before but, since the world=
is a global village where one can be reached any where of his destinatio=
n by the means of communication with the help of the world technology of =
today. Meanwhile, it

was also after I went through your profile today been the very first day =
I got your contact and decided to contact you because of what I read from=
you profile and what l want to do with you.=20
=C2=A0
My plans was that as soon as this transaction get through and you confirm=
this money into your bank account, I will resign from my work with the b=
ank and come over to stay in your country and invest my own share of the =
money since my country is no longer a country where one can stay and do i=
nvestment due to the political problems we have been having here ever sin=
ce 5 years now without end.=20
=C2=A0
Your statue is good enough, due to the country you come from and I have t=
he believe that if we can understand our selves, we will achieve somethin=
g good from this project. My communicating with you today was very please=
to me and I don't want to wait due to the urgency this transaction neede=
d mostly.=20
=C2=A0
In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of =E2=82=AC 9.5m ( Nine M=
illion, Five Hundred Thousand Euros ). In an account that belongs to one =
of our foreign customer here in my bank, who died along with his entire f=
amily members in a plane crash in the year 2005 in that almost took the w=
hole life of the passengers on board.=20
=C2=A0
Since I got this information about his death, I have been expecting his n=
ext-of-kin to come over and claim his money because I cannot apply for it=
as the next-of-kin, associate or relation to the deceased as indicated i=
n our banking rules and guidelines but unfortunately I learnt that all hi=
s supposed next-of-kin or relation died along side with him at the plane =
crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.=20
=C2=A0
It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this transacti=
on proposal to you after many years that I have kept it with me without l=
etting nobody in the bank know about this business, so that the fund will=
be release to you as the real next-of-kin. Since nobody is coming for th=
e claiming of this fund and I don't want this money to go into the Bank t=
reasury as unclaimed fund. Pls, this is an opportunity for you and me.=20
=C2=A0
The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained=
unclaimed after five years, that the money will be transferred into the =
Bank treasury account as unclaimed fund.=20
=C2=A0
The request of a foreigner as next-of-kin or associate in this transactio=
n is needed occasioned by the fact that the customer is from your same ar=
ea and I am a citizen of this town, I can not stand as his next-of-kin or=
associate. Please my dear, If you are ready, willing and capable to hand=
le this project with me call me and contact through my alternative email =
and telephone number above. Thank You and God bless.

Alternative email: eminacliff@yahoo.com
=C2=A0
=C2=A0
Yours Faithfuly,
=C2=A0
Mr. Cliff Emina.

=C2=A0



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