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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: anthony_cyrille1976@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 10:53:47 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FROM=20ANTHONY=20CYRILLE?=

FROM ANTHONY CYRILLE
COTE 'D IVOIRE WEST AFRICA.

DEAR ONE.

I AM ANTHONY CYRILLE.FROM SIERRA-LEONE. I AM AN OPHAN BEING THAT I LOST
MY PARENTS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. MY FATHER WAS A SERVING DEALER DIRECTOR
OF COCOA AND GOLD EXPORTING BOARD UNTILL HIS DEATH.I WAS LEFT WITH NO BODY
TO CALL MUMMY OR DADDY. EXCEPT MY STEP MOTHER THAT NEVER WANTED TO SEE ME
ALIFE. DESPITE THE FACT THAT MY FATHER MARRY HER BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF
MY MOTHER AFTER ALL SAID AND DONE SHE KILLED MY FATHER BECAUSE OF WHAT HE
LEFT BEHIND. SO THAT SHE AND HER OWN FAMILY WILL COLLECT ALL THE INVESTMENT
THAT MY LATE FATHER LEFT. MAY
THE SOULS OF MY PARENTS REST IN PEACE.

BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER HE WAS A GREAT FARMER IN SIERRA-LEONE POPULARLY
KNOWN AS HINDIANA (THE GREAT ONE) BEFORE HE GIVE UP TO GHOST. HE ASK OF
ME TO COME AND HE TOLD ME THE SECRET ABOUT HIS MONEY DEPOSITED IN ONE BANK
WHAT (15 MILLION DOLLARS) THAT I SHOULD LOOK FOR A FORIEGN PARTNER WHO IS
GOOD AND HONEST PERSON TO HELP ME AND COLLECT THE MONEY IN THE BANK. AND
THAT HE WILL NOT LET ONLY MY STEP MOTHER TO ENJOY ALL HIS SUFFERING YEARS
BACK. AND HE GAVE ME THE DEPOSITED DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE MONEY. BUT SINCE
THIS UNTIMELY SECNARIO MY STEP MOTHER NEVER WANT ME TO BE ALIVE. SIMPLE
BECAUSE OF WHAT MY LATE
FATHER LEFT BEHIND. SO WITH THE HELP OF A FAMILY FRIEND I WAS ABLE TO TRAVEL
TO IVORY COAST THAT IS WHERE I AM NOW WITH THE
DEPOSITED DOCUMENTS. AND I HAVE MEET WITH THE BANK MANAGER AND HE ASK ME
TO COME WITH A FORIEGN BANK ACCOUNT WERE THE MONEY WILL BE TANSFER INTO.

SO PLEASE I NEED YOU ASSISTANCE BY HELPING ME PROVED A BANK ACCOUNT AND
SEE THAT THIS MONEY IS TRANSFER INTO YOUR ONW BANK ACCOUNT. SO THAT I CAN
COME AND MEET YOU FOR AN INVESTMENT OF THE MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY ALSO I
WILL LIKE YOU TO STAND AS A FORIEGN PARTNER AND WILL NOT BETRAY ME AFTER
THE MONEY IS INTO YOUR HAND OR ACCOUNT. PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP.FOR YOUR
ASISSTANCE I WILL GIVE YOU 10% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT. PLEASE
REPLY ME WITH THID EMAIL ADDRESS ( anthonycyrille_01@yahoo.fr )

THANKS AND REMAIN BLESS.

ANTHONY CYRILLE.




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