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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: "roser guei" <roserguei8@yahoo.ca>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 05:24:55 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Urgent Help Needed

Dearest,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into
business relationship with you.Though this letter will
be a surprise to you since you dont know me personally
I got your contacts recent .during my search for a
stranger that can cooperate help me in this mutual
transaction. and I prayed over it and selected your
name among the other names due to its esteeming nature
and the recommations given to me as a reputable and
trust worthy person that I can do business with and by
the recommendation, I must not hesitate to confide in
you for this simple and sincere Business.


I am MISS Rose Guei, the only daughter of late Mr and
Mrs.Guei SMITH. My father was a very wealth cocoa
merchant in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory
Coast, my father died during the political war crisis
that going on in my country here in Ivory Coast(Cote
D'ivoire) My mother died when I was a baby when she
was about to delivers a new baby and since then my
father took me so special. Before the death of my
father on november 2002 in a private hospital herein
Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told
me that he has the sum of Eight Million,Five Hundred
Thousand United State Dollars. USD($8.500,000) left in
one of the private security/finances trust services
house here in Abidjan Ivory Coast ,as a family
treasures that he used my names her only daughter for
the next of kin in depositing of the fund. He also
explained to me that he might not survive the
situation he was at that present. However 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 real estate management or
hotel management. Dearest ,I am in a sincere desire of
your humble assistance in this regards again.Your
suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded. Now
permit me to ask these few questions:(1)Can you help
me for the retrievements of this fund on my behalf in
the security custody here to your end?
2)Can you stand as a guardian of this since fund since
I am only 22 years old?
(3)Can you make an arrangement for me to come over to
your country to further my Education and to secure a
resident permit in your country? (4) Can you honestly
take me as your own and help me?
(5) Can I completely trust you?
(6) What percentage of the total amount in question
will be good for you after the money is in your
account? Please,Consider this and get back to me as
soon as possible so that i can forward the documents
to you after we have agreed on the conditions for your
assistance. My life is not safe here and i need to be
out of here as soon as possible because now that my
father is dead and with me only as a female child,
firstly the political war crisis are still going on
here in my country and secondly my uncles are seeking
to kill me so that they can have all my fathers
properties. i really don't want to struggle anything
with them in terms of properties but my presence will
still be disturbing them. thank God they are not aware
of this fund in the company here hence, I want to
leave here as soon as you help me to have the
consignment cleared from the security company here and
lodge it into a safe account in your stable country
and then send me some amount to enable me prepare to
meet you. without your help, i will find it difficult
to travel and clear it myself alone with my little or
no experience. I am waiting for your urgent reply with
your contact phone number so that i can give you the
contact of the security for you to contact them as if
you are my guardians. and in due course I will
provides you the secret code for opening the
consignment when you are ready to come on my behalf.
Thank you so much. Best Regards,
MISS Rose Guei




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