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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: lilianmuzazah@tiscali.it
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 00:52:28 -0800
Subject: Thanks

LILIAN MUZAZAH
ABIDJAN-COTE D'IVOIRE
PLS REPLY TO:lilliane_muz2@yahoo.com


Dear Friend,

Compliment of the season,

With due respect and humility we write this proposal which we believe would

be of great interest to you. We wish to solicit your help in migrating to

your country and investing our funds. Briefly, we are Sierra Leonean

National and i am the wife of late Dr SIMON MUZAZAH and Until his death,
till his dealt my husband was the General overseer of the Diamond and Gold
Mining Corporation in Kanema, Sierra Leone. On April 6 2000 the military
forces loyal to the Government of Ahmed TIJAN KABBAH invaded the Diamond
and Gold mine and assassinated my husband they

mistaking him for his brother MIKE MUZAZAH who is the deputy to the leader

of the revolutionary United Front (RUF ) FODAY SANKOH. When the news

reached us, i and my son hurried gathered some valuables in our family villa
and escaped for our dear life.

Among the valuables was a file that contained details of a Deposit my

husband made in a security company in Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire and in Europe
respectively. He deposited in Abidjan

US$ 10.5 M ( Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars) contained in
1 Trunk Box. In Europe 2 Trunk Boxes containing USd$20(twenty Million U.S
Dollars each) my son name JOHNSON was used for the Deposit of these boxes
containing family valuables. He did not disclose the real contents of the

box to the security company here in Abidjan/Europe. Rather, he declared
the deposit as Family

Valuables for security reasons. This is the money he made from

the sale of Gold and diamonds during his time as the General overseer.

We are soliciting for your assistance to help us retrieve the fund from
the security company and

lodged it in your Bank Account. We need your sincere assistance to move
this

funds out of Côte d'Ivoire by providing us with a SAFE BANK ACCOUNT where

the fund will be transferred for investment as soon as it is been retrieved
from the securities Companies etc. For subsequent investment in your country
as we cannot invest here due to its nearest to our country

and the war still going on there. Besides, our Refugee Status here cannot
a
and lucrative business, so that we can invest wisely.

We have it in mind to give you 10 % of the total sum (30.5 million US

Dollars), and 25% share in any investment we will embark upon if you assist

us. We will also set aside 5% of the funds for ancillary

expenses which you will make in this transaction- fax messages,

phone calls, air tickets etc. This fortune we have revealed to you should

remain confidential as it is only you who we have told about it.

The above Email Address has been acquired for this transaction, so that

your messages will be confidentially received. Contact me on your
of this message for further

Directives. Note that this transaction is risk free.

May God Bless you as you assist us.

Yours Sincerely,

LILIAN MUZAZAH


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