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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: "From:Mrs.Floral"@ps29004.dreamhostps.com,
Zokora@ps29004.dreamhostps.com, <mrs.floralzokora@rocketmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:37:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From: Mrs.Floral Zokora,

(Donation to God, work for God and you will be rewarded). Beloved One, I am Mrs.Floral Zokora,from Cote d'ivoire,in West Africa. Am married to late Mr. Bedie Zokora. I and my husband are into cocoa exportation business,We export cocoa to many countries in the world. It is very painful to me to inform you that my husband Mr Bedie Zokora, Died along with my two children on October 25th 2011,by motor accident. They had the motor accident on their way to visit our cocoa plantation farm. My children died on the spot, while my husband died two days after he was taken to the hospital. Since after the death of my husband including my two children, my life is no-more the same to the extent thati had been suffering from cancer for almost one year-plus. Recently, my doctor told me that i would not last for the next two weeks due to the cancer problem. For all indications, my condition is deteriorating and is quite obviously that i might not live more than two week according to my doctor, because the cancer has reached a dangerous stage. Because of the present condition of my health, my doctor made me to understand that i will do a heart surgical operation and no assurance was given to me by my doctor regards to the heart surgical operation i am about to do. My late husband Mr. Bedie Zokora,deposited a huge sum of US$15.4 Million Dollars(Fifteen Million, Four hundred thousand Dollars) in one of the big Bank when he was alive and i am the next of kin to the deposited Fund. My late husband wanted to invest this fund in Cocoa plantation farm in other african Countries befor he met his sudden death. This fund is still in this Bank until today. Having known my condition now, I have decided to donate this fund to charity organization or to a good person outside this Country that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein. Beloved, I would like you to use at least 80% of this fund to help the following people in your Country : 1, Motherless babies. 2,The widows. 3, Disable people. 4, To promote the word of God there in your Country. While the remaining 20% is for you. l took this decision because I lost my children that supposed to inherit this fund. Again, my spirit instructed to donate this fund for Humanitarian work of God. I have closed my own personal account, gives the money in the account to the red cross society and aswell given out our cocoa plantation farm to the Red Cross society here in my Country Cote d'ivoire to manage and used the money they generate from the farm to help the poor-ones, the Widows, Motherless Babies and disable people. My spirit instructed me to look for honest and God fearing person out-side this Country whom i would transfer this Fund US$15.4 Million Dollars to his/her Account for this humanitarian work of God, that was why i contact you on email. I Have told the management of the Bank that I will transfer this fund to my business partner abroad for a special project. This is why I'm looking for a trustworthy and God fearing person. If you are interested in this transaction, I advise you to reply this mail urgently after going through the details, because any delay in your reply will give me the room to search for another good and reliable person for this same purpose. You will also promise and assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein, Hoping to receive an answer immediately. I'll detail more on the progress of this transaction as soon as i receive your response. Thank you and God bless You. Yours Sister in Christ, Mrs.Floral Zokora.

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