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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: "mahmood guei" <mahmoodguei_509@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 14:32:45 +0200
Subject: GOOD MORNING

Dear ,

Compliment of the day and how is life in general with you? Of course it is
my humble wish to solicit and crave your indulgence to make this project
request for a joint business transaction which I hope will not come to you
as a surprise, hence I plead for your pardon.

I'm Mahmood Robert Guei, the first Son of late Gen. Robert Guei the former
military ruler of ( cote d' Ivoire/ivory coast,) who was killed on 19/9/2002
with some of his loyalist officers during a cross fire battle between them
and government troops in his attempt to seize power through coup de eta in
Abidjan on 19/9/2002 .

In brief, I have the sum of Twenty Million Seven Hundred Thousand united
states dollars(us$20,700,000)only which I want to move out of here with most
desperation. This money was deposited by my late father in a Holding Firm
company for the purpose of using it to fine tune his
administration in the invent that he succeeds in the failed coup attempt.

So because of the present situation in my country cote d' ivoire ,I was
forced to leave the country immediately for security reasons, and also to
look for a trust worthy foreign partner who can assist me to transfer the
money out of Dakar from Senegal(West africa)tohis private or company's
account for investment.

Sir, I highly need your unreserved assistance both in transferring the money
to your country and also investing it in a profitable venture with your kind
advice,as I confide in you since our father is no more.

I and my family members have decided to give you 25% of the money as
commission,while 5% of the money will be used to defray any expenses that
might arise in the course of this project.

Looking forward to your urgent response.

Best regards.

Mahmood Robert Guei

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