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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: Anneth Zokora <annethzokora1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Anneth Zokora <annethzokorra1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 00:07:23 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Message From Miss Anneth Zokora


Message From Miss Anneth Zokora
Abidjan, Ivory Coast West Africa.
APPEAL FOR URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

Please permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business
relationship with you. I contacted you after going through your profile,
I prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to its
esteeming nature and the recommendations given to me as a reputable and
trust worthy person that I can do business with and by the
recommendation, I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple
and sincere business.

I am Miss Anneth Zokora the only daughter of late Mr. and Mrs.
Christopher Zokora. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in
Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory coast, my father was poisoned to
death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business
trip . My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me
so special. Before the death of my father in a private hospital here in
Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has
the sum of Ten million, five hundred thousand United State Dollars. USD
($10,500,000.00) left in fixed / suspense account in one of the prime
bank here in Abidjan, that he used my name as his only daughter for the
next of Kin in depositing of the fund. 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 or hotel management .

Dear, I am honorably seeking your assistance in the following ways:


(1) To provide a bank account into which this money would be transferred to
.

(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund.

(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my
education and to secure a resident permit in your country.

Moreover, dear, i am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as
compensation for your effort/ input after the successful transfer of
this fund into your nominated account overseas. Furthermore, you
indicate your options towards assisting me as I believe that this
transaction would be concluded within four (4) days you signify interest
to assist me.

Anticipating hearing from you soon.


Best regards,

Miss Anneth Zokora

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