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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: stellafred@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:23:52 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?From=20friends=20Paul=20and=20Stella=20=20=20?=

From friends Paul and Stella

Attention

please I am Mr Paul Fred, the only son of late Chief Joseph Fred from Sierra
Leone.I got your contact from the ecowas Information Center in Cote d'Ivoire.
My sources of your contact gave me the courage and confidence to rely on
you. I am writing you in absolute confidence primarily to seek your assistance
to transfer our cash of twenty one million eight hundred dollars ($21,800,000)
now in the custody of a Bank here in Abidjan to your private account pending
our arrival to your country. Source of the money my late father, Chief Josphe
Fred, a native of mende district in the Northern province of Sierra Leone,was
the General Manager of Sierra Leone mining co-operation (S.L.M.C.) Freetown.


According to my father this money was the in come accrued from mining co-operation's
over draft and minor sales,before the peak of the civil War between the
rebels forces of major Paul Koroma and the combined forces of ecomog peace
keeping operation that almost destroyed my country,following the forceful
removal from power of the civilian elected President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah
by the rebels.

My father had already made arrangement for his family, my mother, my little
sister and myself to be evacuated to Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire with our personal
effects and the box containing team. My father deposited the fund for the
safe custody until after the war when he will join us. During the war in
my country, and following the indiscriminate looting of public and government
properties by the rebel forces, the sierra Leone mining coop.

Was one of the targets looted and destroyed.My father including other top
Government functionaries were attacked and killed by the rebels because
of his relationship with the civilian government of Ahmed Tejan Kabbah.
As a result of my father death, and with the news of my uncles involvement
in Air crash in January, dashedour hope of survival.

The untimely deaths caused my mothers heart failure and other related complications
of which she later died in the Hospital after we must have spent a lot of
money on her. Now my 16 year old sister and myself are alone in this strange
country suffering without any care or help. without any relation, we are
now like refugees and orphans. Our only hope now is in fund our father deposited
in the Bank to this effect, I humbly solicit your assistance in the followings
ways,to assist me claim this fund from the Bank as co-beneficiary to transfer
this money in your name to your country to make a good arrangement for a
joint business investment on our behalf in your country and you,the
caretaker,to secure a college for my little sister and my self in your country
to further our education and to make arrangement for our travel with you
to your country after you have transferred this fund.

Most importantly,the whole documents issued after deposit in my custody
for your assistance, I beg to concede 15% of this money to you for your
efforts assistance.

Best regards,

Paul and Stella



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