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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: dr_ahucha@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:09:33 +0100
Subject: Can you assist us pls.


Good Day Sir,
I am contacting you believing you are a honest and trustworthy person.I
believe you will not betray the confidence I am willing to repose in you
, for me to have contacted you even though we've not met before.
My name is Dr ahucha C. Sallah , the only son of late Mr. Hassan Goudalé
Sallah who was the chairman / President/Ceo,Cacao-Café & Agro-Alimentaire
industrie Plc.(SCAFECAO)"Bouake" and ex-owner of Polyclinic LA-MADONNE,
of the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire.

You can find the story on this website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2269238.stm

On 19th of September 2002,a group of so called rebels took over the city
of Bouake to over-throw the Government of Mr. Laurent Gbagbo the President
of Cote d'Ivoire. On the next day morning at about 4:18am some fractions
of the same group of rebels break into our house and killed our security
guard and pass-through the gate entrance to the main building and took my
father away to an un-known destination.

After about four hours later we found him (my father) at the road side,
by then he had been totally beaten and was bleeding to death lying in the
pool of his own blood. From there, we rushed him to a near by hospital
and hours later he sent for my mother. So he told her that he can not make
it from the doctors diagnosis, he also told her that it was because he (my
father) was not from the northern part of the country that he has been
treated
this way and also being a political activist.

And again he said he is suspecting some of his business partners for
conspiracy
and this sort of brutality. He also told my mother that he deposited a huge
amount of money about US$ 10.5 million dollars(Ten million five hundred
thousand us dollars only)in a Fina nce house in the Capital city of Senegal
(Dakar) and also told her where he kept the whole documents concerning this
deposit that is made for investment purpose in the western world.
That same day, he (my father) gave up the ghost. Then with the help of the
French soldiers, we escaped to Senegal, where we are now. I am now
contacting
you believing you are honest and trustworthy to help us to receive the money
in your account for investment, I and my mother has decided in compensating
you 20%of the total amount for your assistance .

Please do take your time to go through the mail andget back to so that I
will simply introduce to theFinance house where the fund are being kept
now for onward transfer.
I am waiting for your response,through this mail address
dr_ahucha@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks and God bless.
Dr ahucha C. Sallah

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