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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: anthonia eses <anthonia_d222@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 23:11:03 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: BUSINESS CO -OPERATION / ASSISTANCE


From Miss Anthonia Idemudia
Ave 7 lot 180 trichville,
Abidjan,Cote D'Ivoire.

BUSINESS CO -OPERATION / ASSISTANCE



Dear respectful one,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into
business relationship with you. I know this mail may
comeo you as a surprise, since we have not known or ,written before. Introducing myself, I am Miss anthonia idemudia ,19 years of age the only daughter of the late Mr and Mrs RICHARD idemudia ,my father was a Gold and cocoa merchant based in Accra, Ghana and Abidjan (Ivory
Coast), he was poisoned to death by his business
associates on one of their business trips. Before the death of my father on 29th June 2000 in a private hospital here in Abidjan. he secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of USD$12.5M (Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S), deposited in Bank in (Abidjan Côte d’Ivoire, that he used my name as his only daugher for the next of kin in depositing 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
expansion of his existing cocoa business and real
estate management here on how best to transfer this
money to overseas please.

I am humbly seeking your assistance in the following
ways :
1-To assist me in providing an account of yours where
this fund can quietly be transferred into.
2-To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am
still in the university.
3-To make arrangement for me to come over to your
country to further my education and to help me secure
a residential permit in your country. Moreover, I am
willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as
compensation for your effort/input after the
successful transfer of this fund into your nominated
account overseas, while 5% will be set aside to offset
any expenses we may incur. Furthermore, you can
indicate your option towards assisting me as I believe
that this transaction would be concluded within the
shortest possible time if you signify interest to
assist me.

NB : Please contact me immediately you receive
this message through this email address if you are
interested.
God bless.

Yours sincerely,
ANTHONIA IDEMUDIA






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