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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: Zaina Gramera <flanykoneh@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Zaina Gramera <zaina_gramera@ymail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 03:34:34 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear


Dear Respectful one,
 
I am writing this letter in confidence believing that if it is the wish of God for you to help me, God almighty will bless and reward you abundantly and you would never regret.
 
I am 19yrs old. A student from Republic of Cote Ivoire Abidjan. I am the only child of late Mr.& Mrs. Isaac Gramera. My father died earlier some months ago and left me the only daughter behind.
 
I am the only person who can take care of his wealth and my mother die when i was 3years. He left the sum of USD 6,400,000.00 (Six Million, Four Hundred Thousand Dollars) in a financial Bank here. This money was annually paid into my late father's account from Shell petroleum development company (SPDC) and chevron oil company operating in our locality for the compensation of youth and community development in our jurisdiction.
 
I don't know how and what I will do to invest this money somewhere in abroad, So that my father's kindred will not take over what belongs to me, which they were planning to do without my present because I am a female as stated by our culture in the town.
 
I will need your assistance as follows:
 
1) To assist me in retrieving this money from the bank.
2) To serve as the guardian of this fund.
3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a residential permit in your country.
 
I am ready to offer 15% of the total amount to you if you help me in this transaction and another 10% interest of Annual after Income to you, for handling this transaction for us, which you will strongly have absolute control over.Thanks and have a pleasant day.

 
Yours sincerely,
Zaina Gramera.

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