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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: rita gg <ritagg02@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 10:21:54 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Dearest in Christ,


Dearest in Christ,

My sincere greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I felt greatly impressed contacting you I want you to understand that my contact with you is not by accident but divinely programmed by God Almighty, thou we are still to get to the pick of the matter. It is true that we have not known each other for the first time but just getting to know one another and I am contacting you because I believe that you are a servant of God and this will be to the glory of God. Before I continue with my discussion with you, let me introduce myself in details. Since I am 23 years old and I don't know much about this transaction, I am counting on your ability to assist me as a man of God, all I need from you is your sincererity and honesty.
God being our guide.

I am the first daughter of the ex-military/ ex-president been an opposition party to the present
Government of COTE D`IVOIRE. On the 19th Sept 2002 my father/mother including every members of our family was murdered by the unknown REBELS during the time they attack our house by shooting and looting, even this is one of the things that contributed to the
present crisis in our country today. It pains my heart to tell this story but I most to save myself from suffering and sorrow.

God so kind I was not in town when the incident occurred, the plans of the REBELS is to kill every members of our family so that no one will rise up to revenge as time goes on. I am in our country without any one knowing although I am on hiding so that the unknown REBELS will not get to me and kill me like they killed all the members of our family. Why I am still staying back in our country is to transfer the $2.5million U.S.dollars which, my late father
deposited in the custody of a leading bank here in Abidjan, he deposited the fund with the name of my younger brother who was killed in the riot as the next of KIN while he used the name of one of his foreign partner as the beneficiary of the fund because he wanted to transfer the fund abroad before his untimely death.

Before the death of my father he gave me the covering documents of the fund deposit in the Bank, as I am his first daughter and he so much loved me with trust that was why he handed this documents to me for safe keeping. Currently the amount in the bank which I am having the documents is $2.5mUSD. Right now I wish to transfer this fund to you so that you will assist me leave this country and to invest the money into the service of the Lord in your country, also you will help me to join you in your country for me to start up a new life with you there immediately the fund gets to your account as I am willing to continue with my education too.

Since I am no longer safe as far as Africa is concern at the moment, I wanted to transfer
the fund before leaving the country because this fund is my future and the only hope I have now. I will give you all the information you need to transfer this fund to your account as soon as I hear from you. I will like you to stand as the foreign beneficiary of the fund, as I will ficially introduce you as the new beneficiary to enable the bank transfer this fund to you over there before I come to join you. Like I said, all I need from you is your kindness and honesty as a
servant of God Almighty,

I will be willing to trust all this into your care provided you promised taking care of me because I don't have anyone to run to. As soon as this fun is transferred, from my heart, I will give you (30%) of the fund to take care of the house of the lord, it will be for my thanks giving to God for helping me in life while the rest will be deposited in a bank so that you will pay my school fees from it and invest some of it for me while I go to school. I will trust this into your care and I know that God will help you to help me.

Before I even pick you to assist me I have prayed and slept over it asking God to provide for me a Godly minded person that will assist me in this transaction that was the reason why I have decided to contact you in the church of God. I will give you more details and the bank information in my next email. Including the documents and my picture.

Awaiting to here from you.

Thanks and God bless you.

Rita Guei.







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