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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: Mayala Ella <mayala.ella22@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: mayala.ella22@yahoo.fr
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 08:40:37 +0100 (BST)
Subject: As salamalenkum Dearest One in islam,




As salamalenkum
Dearest One in islam,
 
As salamalenkum may the peace of the almighty Allah be with you and your family ,My name is Mayala Ella ,22years old and the only daughter of my late parents Mr and Mrs . Mayala Mohammed father was a highly reputable business magnet-(a cocoa merchant)who operated in the capital of Ivory coast during his days.Please dont be suspeachoise and please dont let it look strange to u i just demand for your assitance,I will like you to go through my mail very well so that you can know more about me and situation in this country, Dear with humble and sence of humour am using this mail to request for your kind assistance however is not mandatory but if you can please in the name of Allah assist me.

 I lost my father and he passed away mysteriously in France during one of his business trips abroad year Feb. 2010.Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by an uncle of his who travelled with him at that time.But Allah knows the truth My mother died when I was just 11 years old,and since then my father took me so special. Before his death on Febuary 12th 2010 he secretly called me aside and told me that he had a sum of $6,000.000.00 US DOLLARS ( SIX MILLIONS US DOLLARS) kept in 1 trunk box with a private security company in (AFRICA)here in Abidjan ivory coast.He also said that the security company does not know the content of the safe Box.He decleared it as family treasure and used my name to Deposit the money in the consignment box as his first daugther for next of kin. He also explained to her that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business assocaites, That I should seek for a foreign
partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money to and use it for investment purposes.

 I want you to assist me in clearing this consignment box to your country overseas as a beneficiary of the consignment box,and also use it for an investment purpose.I am just 22years old in high school and later drop out, hence I could not afford educational financial aspect to further my education due to my  lack of parental absence,really I don't know what to do.Now I want your asisstance to help me receive the consignment box in your country and for investment purpose and for my bright future sake. This is because I have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of incessant political crisis here in Ivory coast.

The death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life.Beside I'm corresponding with you from my country here in and moreso there is great political war going on here in my country Cote D'Ivoire West  Africa , that is the main reason why I contacted you to help me in getting me and my only inheritance out of this country so that I may not loosed my life and the inheritance to war in this country, infact I'm facing hard difficulty at the moment even in the area of feeding as no one knows what might happened next in this country.

Dearest one,I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards Your suggestions and ideas
will be highly regarded.

Very Important Questions please Answer for Allah sake
Now permit me to ask these few questions:-

1.Can you honestly help me as your friend or as life partner?
2.Can I completely trust you?
3.What percentage of the total amount in question will
be good for you after the money is in your account?
Please,Consider this and get back to me as soon as
possible?
 
Your's in islam,
Mayala Ella Mohammed.

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