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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: rosmarysankoh@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 19:26:36 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?From=20Mrs=2ERosemary=20Sankoh?=

From Mrs.Rosemary Sankoh
Abidjan,Cote d'ivoire
West Africa.

I am Mrs.Rosemary Sankoh the wife of David Sankoh who
was the special adviser to the former president of
country Serria leone. Before the death of my husband
David Sankoh, he disclosed to me with his first son
that he deposited the sum of US$ 18.5million in a
private security company abroad in one consignment box
tagged family valuables and not as money for security
reasons and he instructed me that we should make
proper use of the fund for the mutual benefit of the
family for future.

Presently,we are under the United Nations Refugee
Camp in Danane the out sketch of Ivory Coast where I
am contacting you soliciting for your assistance to
transfer this fund into your nominated foreign account
for investment purposes in your country.

Upon your response to this letter and your
acceptance to assist me we shall discuss for your
benefit in terms of percentage sharing.

Finally, do treat with absolute confidentiality for
our security reasons. Thanks for your anticipated
co-operation.Reply through (rosemary3002@yahoo.co.uk)

Best regards.

Mrs.Rosemary Sankoh.
(For the family).




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