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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: "geojuq@rocketmail.com" <georgessaquee@centrum.cz>
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:48:45 +0200
Subject: From George and Juliet Saquee


>From George and Juliet Saquee
ABIDJAN
REPUBLIC OF COTE-D'IVOIRE
 
Dear ,
Our sincere Greetings to you, I know that this mail will come to you as a
surprise but please it was borne out of a desparate need for assistance so
please permit me to inform you of my heart desire for a business
relationship with you.I am George Saquee the only son of late Mr.Prince
Kallon Saquee from Sierra Leone. I got your contact from the Ecowas
Infomation Center in Abidjan,Cote d' Ivoire here. My source of your contact
gave me the courage and confidence to rely on you.

 I am writting you in absolute confidence primarily to seek your assistance
to transfer the amount of Eight Million five hundred thousand United States
dollars(US$8.500,000.00) now in the custody of a BANK here in Abidjan to
your private account in your country and for you to help me and my sister to
get our papers to come over to your country for upward investement of the
money in good business venture which you will serve as an overseer and for
the continuation of our education.
 
Iam 18 years old.and my sister Juliet is 16.Our late father Mr.Prince Kallon
Saquee was before his death a diamond and precious stone merchant in our
country Sierra Leone. He was killed during the civil war in my country by
the forces loyal to the Government on the allegations that he was sponsoring
the rebels. this caused us to run to cote d'ivoire with our late mother. But
on getting to cote d' ivoire my mother developed a heart ailment which
claimed her life. but before she died she gave me the documents of the money
which my late father deposited in a bank here in cote d' ivoire.

 which is ($m8.500,000.00) She told us that our late father reached an
agreement with the bank that the money is for onward transfer to a foreign
account and entered my name his only son as the next to kin.She pleaded that
I should look for a good and trust worthy person abroad who will help me to
transfer this money out of here and help me and my sister to come over to
his or her country to continue our education and invest the money in good
business.
 
I have visited the bank and met the director who assured me that the money
is intact and that once I submitts the details of the foreign partner in
whose account the money will be transfered to, that the bank will commence
the transfer proceedings immediately. that is the reason I contacted you so
that I could present you to the bank as my late father's foreign business
partner so that the money could be transfered to your account. So please Iam
seeking for your assistance to transfer this money out of here so that I and
my sister could have a new life because we are suffreing a lot here.For your
assistance, we beg to conceed 20% of the money to you.
 
you can reach me on the phone with this number : +225 57646430   for more
explanations.
 
God bless you as we await your reply.

Yours sincerely,

George and Juliet Saquee
private e-mail :geojuq@rocketmail.com

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