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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: emma_ca@terra.com.mx
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 05:21:23 +0100
Subject: REPLY URGENTLY PLEASE

FROM :EMMANUEL CAMARA
ABIDJAN-COTE D' IVOIRE

Dear Friend,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship
with you.I got your contact from the internet I prayed over it and
selected your name among other names I am Emmanuel Camara, the only son
of late Mr and Mrs David Camara My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant
in Abidjan,the economic capital city of Ivory Coast before he was poisoned
to death by his business associates on one of their outing to discus on
a business deal.

When my mother died on the 21st October 1984, my father took me and my junior
sisther special because we are motherless. Before the death of my father
on 30th June 2002 in a private hospital here in Abidjan.He secretly called
me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of $10.000.000(Ten Million,
dollars) left in a suspense account in a local Bank here in Abidjan, that
he used my name as his first son for the next of kin in depositing of the
fund.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth and some huge
amount of money his business associates supposed to balance him from the
deal they had that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should
seek for a God fearing foreign partner in a country of my choice where I
will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose, (such as real
estate management).

This advise by my dad was as a result of the agreement he made with the
bank
on the day he deposited this money,according to him,he signed with the bank
that the money will be transferred to his foreign partner's account overseas
for investment purposes and as the case might be ,he did not mention anyones
name as the foreigner,it is on this note he advised me to seek for a God
fearing someone who will assist me and my brother toi invest this money.

Sir, we are honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways.

1) To provide a Bank account where this money would be transferred to.

2) To serve as the guardian of this since I am a BOY of 26 years and have
not handled this amount of money in my life.

Moreover Sir, we are willing to offer you 10% of the sum as compensation
for effort input after the successful transfer of this fund to your dessignated

account overseas.Bear in mind that there is no single risk involved in this

transaction,as i have met with the bank with the prove documents and they
said as soon as i am able to introduce the foreign bneficiary,they will
advise
on how the transfer will be carried out.

Anticipating to hear from you soon.

Thanks and God Bless.

Best regards.

EMMANUEL CAMARA.


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