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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: kingsley33@terra.com.mx
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 12:13:20 +0000
Subject: From: Kingsley & Elizabeth.0022507965394

From: Kingsley & Elizabeth.
Refugee Camp Yamussoukro.
Abidjan,
Cote d'Ivoire.
ken33@zwallet.com

Dear respectful,

Permit me to inform you of our desire of going into
business relationship with you. I know you might be
surprised on recieving this mail due to we have not met
before.
By brief introduction , I am Prince Kingsley Nguessan, a citizen of
Cote d?Ivoire and the senior Son of late Chief and Mrs.
Thomas Nguessan. My late parents were killed by the
military rebels in my home town BOUAKE the second Economic
Capital of Cote d?Ivoire during the recent political Crisis
of 19th september 2002.
My parents were wealthy Cocoa Merchants before they were
brutally assasinated by these rebels. Before their death in
a private specialist hospital , my father secretly confided
to me of the total sum of US$12.5 million dollars he
deposited in one of the well known commercial banks here in
Abidjan-Cote d?Ivoire to be transferred to the account of
his foreign business partner for investment abroad in his
proposed oil business wanted to established with the
assistance of a foreigner as co beneficiary to the fund.
My father also told me his intension to invest this money
in Allocation of oil business with companies in countries
like Saudi Arabia ,Libya , Kuwait,America or Europe.
Dear, I am honourably seeking your assistance to stand as
our Next of Kin and foreign partner to our late father and
to act as guardian of the money and provide a bank
account for the transfer of this fund into your bank
on our behalf for our our future development. And the
amount is US$12.5 million dollars.
We have choosen you to assist us invest the money in oil
business in any of the countries or where ever you felt
is politically condusive for investment opportunities. I
will also like you to make arrangement for me and my sister
to further our Education in your country.
We have agreed to offer you 12.5% of the total sum as your
compensation after the transfer is made into your account
and you will serve as guardian to the company that you
will estarblish for us until we are capable of managing it
ourselves.
Please get back to us through the above email address with
your banking informations such as your:-
Account name.
Account number.
Telephone & fax numbers.
Bnak address and contacts to enable us send you the
lodgement slip of the fund for you to contact the bank
before the transfer of the money into your account.
Finally ,we are lying helplessly in the refugee camp
Yamussoukro-Cote d?Ivoire . We need your urgent attention
to this transaction to enable the bank transfer this money
to your account abroad and to enable us come over to your
country and stay.
NOTE: The Rebels has taken over our town Bouake and are in
position of our late parents properties. And now We have no
other home or parents or even somebody to care about us,
except our hope on you and on this money to be transferred
into your account as our only inheritance for our future
benefits.
Please reply urgently.
Expecting to hear from you.
Best Regard and God Bless.
Kingsley and Elizabeth
please contact us on this email addresse please ken33@zwallet.com

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