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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: bkeke@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 01:21:29 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?EXTREME=20CONFIDENCIAL?=

EXTREME CONFIDENCIAL

FROM BERNARD AND SUZANNE NKOSI.

PLEASE WE WANT YOU TO REPLY TO THIS E-MAIL ID benard_keke@yahoo.fr


DEAR ONE,

IT IS MY GREAT INTREST AND THE TRUST WHICH I HAVE ON YOU, THOUGH WE HAVE
NOT MEET BEFORE, NEITHER HAVE WE SEEN FOR THE FIRST TIME. MY NAME IS BERNARD
KEKE NKOSI NATIONALITY SIERRA LEONE, I AM 23YEARS OLD STUDIED MARKETING
IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN THE UNIVERSITY.

I LOST MY FATHER YEARS BACK HE DIED DRURING THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN MY COUNTRY,
MY LATE FATHER WAS ONE OF THE DIRECTORS UNDER TIJAN KABBAH GOVERNMENT, MY
SISTER IS 18 YEARS. WE ARE LEAVING IN COTE D'IVOIRE. IT IS MY DESIRE TO
WRITE FROM MY HEART HOPING THAT YOU WILL NOT BETRAY US.

MY FATHER DIVERTED SOME HUGE SOME OF MONEY WHICH HE DEPOSITED WITH A BANK
HERE IN ABIDJAN WHEN HE WAS ALIFE, IN FACT IN A BRIFE INTRODUTION ALL THE
INFORMATION WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU WHEN I HEAR FROM YOU.

THIS MONEY TOTALING US$ 9,500,000.00(NINE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATES DOLLARS) NOW WE ARE SEEKING FOR A TRUSTED PERSON WHO WILL
RECEIVE THIS MONEY INTO HIS/HER ACCOUNT FOR ONWARD INVESTMENT. HOWEVER,
WHAT WE NEEDED FROM YOU IS YOUR GOOD ASSISTANCE IN HELPING US TRANSFERRING
THE SAID SUM TO YOUR
ACCOUNT SINCE WE ARE INEXPERENCED IN THE WORLD OF BUSINESS, THAT'S THE REASON
WHY WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

ALL DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE DEPOSIT MAY BE GIVEN TO YOU FOR YOUR VERIFICATION.

WE REALLY NEED TO MOVE THE FUND OUT OF WEST AFRICA, I AND MY SISTER HAVE
DECIEDED TO GIVE YOU 15% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE. THE
WORLD IS FULL OF BAD PEOPLE PLEASE CAN YOU PROVE YOUR GENUITY TO US FOR
US TO HAVE YOU AS A PARTNER.

SORRY I AM NOT SAYING YOU ARE BAD PERSON BUT CONSIDER THAT THIS IS MONEY
AND HOW THE MONEY WAS GOTTEN, IT IS A HERITAGE AND LAST HOPE. SHOW YOUR
INTEREST AND WE PROCEED ON THE NEXT STEP OF ACTION, AFRICA IS NO LONGER
CONDUSIVE FOR US TO STAY.

AWAITTING YOUR URGENT RESPONCE PLEASE.

THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU.

YOURS SINCERELY,

BERNARD AND SUZANNE NKOSI.







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