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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: MONIQUE CANDELA <monique.candela2@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: misscandela2@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 11:10:48 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Hello Dearone,







Hello Dearone,
 
My name is Monique Candela,I just saw your profile via internet and I would like to partner with you on investments. I do have US$10.5Million Dollars, which my late father deposited in a suspend account here in the bank of Ivory Coast, and I would love to invest in real
estate and other lucrative businesses in your country but does not know anyone in your country hence this medium.
 
My late father was a very rich man ( A COCOA MARCHANDIE ) based in Abidjan, the Economic Capital of Cote D'Ivoire during his days. but he died after the war of my city.The reason why i contacted you is to assist me as my foreign partner in oversea, to release the fund from the bank where the money was deposited by my late father, to enable me come over to invest in your country and to continue my education from where i stoped. please If you would be interested to assist me with this venture, please, do get back to me as soon as possible via myprivate email for more details.(misscandela2@hotmail.com)
 
For your information, i will only offer you %15 from the total money for your assistant after the bank has made the transfer int your country.
 
Best regards

Monique Candela
+225 60 60 85 88

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