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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: "Ms. Farainah Edmornd" <farainahedmornd@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 01:10:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear One,


From Miss Farainah Edmornd.
Refugee Camp Rue 14/19 Ab 003.
Abidjan Cote D' Ivoire West Africa
 
Dear One,
 
I am delighted to write to you. I am sorry if this mail may come to you as a surprise, I just felt like empting myself to you, to confide in you,i got your email contacts here in asylum camp where i currently reside for refuge. On my going through a magazine, i decided to contact you with fait for this help.
 
My sources of your contact gave me the courage and confidence to contact you. It's my pleasure, and I hope to use this opportunity to explain myself to you as i am faced with total frustration and hardship. My Ernest prayer is that you find this mail in good health and blessings .
 
I am Miss Farainah Edmornd, Before the death of my father in a hospital here in Cote D'ivoire, he secretly called me and told me that he has the sum of (USD $15.5 )FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED U.S DOLLARS) which he deposited with the finance house here in Cote D' Ivoire on behalf of his foreign business partner abroad.
 
He also made me to understand that it was because of this money he was poisoned by his business associates while on a business trip with them and he instructed me to look for a foreign partner who will help me transfer this money out of this Cote D'ivoire and invest it for me, my purpose of contacting you is for you to help transfer this money to your country before this people who killed my father will kill me too.
 
I'm now hiding in the Refugee Camp pending when i would found a sincere person to submit his details to the finance house here as my late father's foreign business partner. l hope you will not betray the trust i have on you because this money is my only hope in this life and you will also help me to come over to your country to continue my education while you will invest our own share of the money there in your country.
 
I can assure you there is no risk involved, the money is an inheritance from my late father. If you are willing to asist me when repling back include your Private Tel/Fax, Your House Address, Marital Status, Occupation, Sex, Age, As soon as i hear from you, I will give you the contact of the Establishment immediately.
 
Please get back to me through this my private yahoo address
 farainahedmornd@yahoo.fr
 
Thanks and may the lord Almighty, be and bless you, as i
wait to hear from you.
Miss Farainah Edmornd.




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