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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: eunice apaalove <ee.apala@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 19:16:45 +0000
Subject: MESSAGE for you

dearest one

please help me if you can and for GOD sake.please this is
not a lie.but i need your kindly help.

Sorry I am handicap by being a deaf person.Well let me start by
introducing my self .I am miss Eunice amin whom just wrote you today
.
I am a deaf girl and the daughter of late dr and mrs Vincent amin, my
father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant based in Abidjan. The
economic capital of Ivory Coast before he was poisoned to death by his business
associates, on one of their outing to discuss on a business deal.
Well my mother died on the 21st October 2006 and was the day I became
deaf. My father took me so special because i am motherless. Before
the death of my father on 29th November 2009 in a private hospital
here in Abidjan. He secretly called me on his bedside and told me
that he has a sum of us nine million, united states dollars left in a
local bank here in Abidjan. he also explained to me that it was because of
this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates, that i
should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where i will
transfer this money and use it for investment purpose. (Such as real estate
management and Transportation).

I am honorably seeking your assistance in the following ways: to
provide a bank account where this money would be transferred to serve
as the guardian of this fund and my younger brother apala is 15
years. to make arrangement for us to come over to your country to
further our education and to secure a residential permit in your
country. moreover, i am willing to offer you 30% of the total sum as
compensation for your effort input after the successful transfer of
this fund to your nominated account overseas. Furthermore, you can
indicate your option towards assisting me, as i believe that this
transaction would be concluded within seven days you signify
interest to assist me.

please i know that this is not the best way or channel that i should
reach you ,but because of my handicap and problem.
please bear in mind that this is not a lie, but you are helping me
for the love of GOD to human being.i mean no harm to you and family,
nor do i have any bad intension or you being act any risk.all i am
asking is for you to help me and to know if i can treat my deaf hearing
problem and because i was not born deaf.

Anticipating hearing from you soon. And please do hurry to assist us
out here now that this country is in political chaos, we urgently
needs your kind attention in confident.

Thanks and god bless
Miss Eunice .Amin

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