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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: "brian okutoyi" <brian@royalmedia.co.ke>
Reply-To: prisca.guie@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 04:46:07 +0300
Subject: to love and Care



My Dearest Beloved,

I am writing you this letter with the believe you will treat my message with
utmost honesty and sincerity of purpose which is my main reason for confiding in
you. It is with tears that I am writing you this mail but I don't need your
pity, but love to my son. My mail may seem very pitiable, painful and sorrowful,
but there is favor I want you to do to my letter rather than pity me alone! This
is to LOVE and CARE for my only surviving child. I was an orphan and I do not
want my son to experience what I have been through in the orphanage.

My name is Mrs Prisca Guie,I was married to the late General Thompson Guie, who
died with our two daughters in Indonesia on 26th of December 2004 during the
Tsunami disaster, as a result the shock of that painful incident, my cancer
sickness got worst and I have been suffering from cancer, hearing problem and
hypertension. I can not trace my husband's relatives because they all perished
in disaster. At present, my only means of communicating with my doctor and my
son is through body language and writing.

I, my husband and our children had lived in Ivory Coast for seventeen years. We
all were supposed to travel to Indonesia in 2004 December, but my bad health,
never permitted me to travel with them, which made me and my son stayed behind
while my husband and our two daughters traveled. If not, all of us would have
perished in the tsunami Disaster. My reason of writing you this mail is due to
the report that came to me recently from my doctor. After my last diagnostic
result, l was told by the doctors that I may not leave for more than one month
ahead, because of the damage the cancer have caused in my system unless I
undergo an urgent surgical operation upon which my chance of survival is less
than 30% according to the medical experts. As it stands, I have given-in to fate
and have found God on my sick bed. But I have a more worrying problem, which is
why I am contacting you.

This is about my only son, his name is Emmanuel Guie. Since it is now obvious
that I may die soon ,my son's future have been the greatest problem bordering
me.I want you to take care of my son please. He is only 9 years old and we have
no person here to take care of him if I die today,I was deserted by my friends
and relatives. My Husband and I have an investment account of about 7.5million
us dollars in one of biggest bank here of which I am a signatory to and the only
beneficiary of the money since after his death.He had intended to use this money
for investment in Indonesia before his untimely death struck him. I want you to
take this money and my son. Use the money for an investment, that you will
manage until my son grows up to take over the investment. I will like you to
take my son as your own son, give him the love I could have given him. Do not
let him feel the pains of being an orphan,give him good education, bring him up
into a responsible man.

As soon as I receive your reply in absolute truth to accept my request not
because of the money which I offer but for the Love of my son, I will authorize
my bank to transfer the money to you directly and I will also draw up my WILL in
your favor. This will be made with the assistance of my Late husbands attorney.
All I need is your assurance that you will not treat my son badly. I am writing
you this mail with great tears in my eyes and I pray you will be honest towards
this mail I write to you today.

Please reply this mail immediately if you have the sincerity desire to help me
in this despondent situation: please email back.

Yours beloved.
Mrs Prisca Guie
prisca.guie@hotmail.com


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