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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: stephane_toure1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 04:06:19 -0600
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dear?=

FROM:STEPHANE AND AISHA TOURE.
ABIDJAN COTE'D IVOIRE
WEST AFRICA.
Tel.0022507623467
My Dear,

I am MR STEPHANE TOURE the only son of late former
Director of finance,
DR TOURE JEFFERSON Sierra-Leone diamond and mining
porporation. I must
confess my agitation is real, and my words is my
bond,in this proposal.

My late father diverted this moneymeant for purchase of
ammunition, for my country,
during the peak of disastrous civil war in my
country, now he has deposited
the money with a security company in Abidjan as
family valuables bond, where
I am residing under political Assylum with my
younger sister AISHA TOURE
who is 19 years old.

Now the war in my country is over with the help of
ECOMOG soldiers, the
present government of Sierra Leone has revoked the
passport of all officerswho served under the former
regime and now ask countries to expel such
person at the same time freeze their account and
confiscate their asset,it is on this note that
I am contacting you, all I needed from you is to stand
as my late fathers foreign partner and put up for
the claims of the consignment to you as the beneficiary
so that me and my sister can come down to your
country to have a new life and finish our education.
Please assist us get this money in your private
bank account, the said amount is Eight Million five hundred Dollars
(US8.500.000.00 Million). because that is what the boxes that was
deposited to the security company here contains but it is not known to the
company as my father depsoited it as family valubles bond.
I am compensating you with 15 % of the total money
amount, now all my hope is banked on you and I really wants to invest this
money in your country, were their is stability of Government, political
and
economic welfare.

Honestly I want you to believe that this transaction
is real and never a joke. My late father DR TOURE JEFFERSON gave me the
deposit slip issued to him byby the compnan yon the date of deposit, for
you to be clarified because, I do not expose my self to anybody I see, I
believe
that you are able to keep this transaction secret for me because this
money is the hope of my life it is important.
Please write me immediately after you must have gone
through my messagefill free and make it urgent. That is the reason why
I offered you 15 % of the total money amount, and in case of any other
necessary expenses you might incure, I am resolving to give you
an addition of 2% during this transaction.
N.B Try and negotiate for me some profitable blue
chip investment opportunities which is risky free which I can
invest with this money when it is in your to your account, personally I
am interested
in estate managementand hotel business, please advise me. And promise me
and my
younger sister to be our guardian considering our situation and not to betray
us.

And my late father used me the only son as the
beneficiary / next of kin
on the day of deposit and also told me I need an
assistance of a foreigner
partner abroad who will stand as
co-beneficiary and partner abroad to ensure a
successful hitch free transaction
Thanks and God bless, while waiting for your urgent
respond.
Yours truly
MR STEPHANE AND AISHA TOURE





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