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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: linnie <nancylinnie@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: mnancylinnie@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 06:16:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From miss.nancy solomon, please i need your assistance



My proposal for your assistance since I have chosen your country for Settlement and to continue my education, My Name is Nancy Solomon, 21years old, the only Daughter of late Dr.Linnie Solomon, We are from cote d'ivoire, abidjan in west africa.

My father was a highly reputable business cocoa merchant who operated through africa and outside our country during when he was alive very sad to say that he is passed away mysteriously in dubai during one of his business trips, his dead was a sudden because he was poised by one his brother.

With tears informing you that i also lost my mother when I was just 12 years old, and since then my late father never hides anything from me.before he made the trip to dubai that lead to his misfortune death he called me and explained to me the reason why he will make the trip and also told me that he has the sum of(USD$9.500,000.00)nine million five hundred thousand united state dollars in a trunk box with finace firm company in our capital city abidjan and my father said it was deposited as "family Valuable use " and he said non of the security company officials know the real content to avoid our government authorities seizing the money.

Not that i am a student i do not really know anything concerning moving out of this country to your country since i have decided to move out of this country to any country and continue my education that is why i highly need your full assistance from your sincerity heart.the death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life with a lot of stress my late father's relatives have been given to me they are going after me to kill me because they are sure there must be somthing some where left for me by my late father.

I have to run away to our capital city abidjan where i can hide myself from my late father's relatives with the recipt of deposit for the trunk box issued to my late father, my later made me the next of kin, dear please reply urgently because i am facing much hardship in living also because of our country presidential soon coming election, i need your sincere humble assistance therefore kindly consider this message and get back to me as soon as possible.

Please avoid any delay if you wish to stand on my behalf as my later father's forign partneer to help me finacially for obtaining the change of beneficary to your name through the help of the finace firm security company before their diplomatic will to deliever the One Trunk Box containing the money to you in your country which after delievering of the trunk box then you will take some money from inside the trunk box and send to me.

So that i can get travilling documents ready and join you immediately in your country I wish to offer you good percentage for your assistance as you can help me make all arrangements with the security company i know it may be risk for me but i have decided with made up mind hoping and trusting God, that you will not deny or betray me from my inhenritance so more trust send to me as follow informations of yourself

1)your full names
2)your house Address
3)your id
4)your telephone number
5)your fax number

The informations mentured above i will also submmit them to the security company to make the change of beneficiary to your name as my late father's forign business partineer which i have decided to join and continue my education, Waiting for your urgent reply after going through my message.

Yours Sincereity
Miss.Nancy Linnie

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