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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: seylia@terra.com.mx
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:24:17 +0000
Subject: HELP US OUT.

From:Mrs.Seylia Kone and son.
Refugee Camp,Abidjan
Republic of Cote D'Ivoire,
West Africa

Dearest One,
Greetings to you,Please permit me to inform you of my
desire of going into business relationship with you,which
will be of a mutual benefits between both of us.

I am Mrs Seylia Kone,the widow of Late General Thomas
Kone,the former Director of military inteligence and
special acting General Manager of the Sierra-Leone Diamond
mining co-operation(SLDMC).I am contacting you to seek your
good assistance to transfer and invest the sum of US$9.5 million
(Nine Million Five hundred thousand United States Dollars)
belonging to my late Husband which is deposited in a
fixe suspence account in a bank here in Abidjan,the capital
of Ivory Coast in West Africa.This money was revenues from
solid minerals and diamonds sales which were under my
husband's possession before the civil war broke
out.Following the break out of the war,almost all
government offices,co-operations and parastatals were
attacked and vandalized.

The SLDMC was looted and burnt down to ashes,and
diamonds worth millions of dollars was stolen by the
rebels millitary forces who attacked my husband office.
Many top government officials and senior army officers were
assasinated and my husband was a key target because of his
very sensitive military possition and appointment in the
SLDMC.Regretably,my husband was captured and got his two
hands amputated by Corporal Foday Sankoh,the notorious
leader of the R.U.F rebels(Revolutionary United
Front)during a mid-night rebels shoot-out in our official
residence in freetown. Before the death of my husband in
the hospital,he told me that should incase he died that he
deposited some money which he made from diamond sales and
contracts in a bank here in Ivory Coast and that we should
pray and find a trust worthy foreign business partner who
would help us to transfer and invest this money in profitable
business venture overseas.

He told me to do this quickly so that I can leave Ivory
Coast with my only son who is here with me in the refugeec
camp and then settle down abroad.He told me where the bank
document to prove the deposit is kept in our house and also
told me that he used my name as the next of kin to deposit
the money in the bank

I have gone to the bank to make inquires about this
money and I spoke with the Manager of the International
remittance who assured me that everything is intact
and promised to help me transfer this money to my
foreign partners bank account as soon as I provide my
partners foreign bank account for them.However,the
manager is very concerned because of our situation here.


If you are willing to assist me,please let me know
immediately you received this mail so that you will arrange the
transfer of the money to your account with the bank.Please
note that I can only offer you 10% of the total money as
compensation for your noble assistance in accodiance
with my husband's advise.I am interested in any
profitable commercial venture which you consider very
good in your country.Please for security reason,I humbly
beg you to keep this transaction very confidencial.

Please there is urgent need for the money to be
transferred to your account because of the political
crisis here in Cote d'Ivoire now.I am hoping to hear your
urgent response soonest for more clearification.


Thank you and may God richly bless you and your Dear
family.

Mrs.Seylia Kone and son.


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