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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: bassey_asuquo@terra.com.mx
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 09:48:54 +0000
Subject: Attn:Sir.

Attn:Sir.

My name is Mr. Bassey Asuquo. I am one of the staff of Security Company
here in Abidjan cote d'Ivoire, your consignment was abound in our company
because you did not come up with the fee required to claim it. Few days
ago, we were notified that the consignment originally belongs to you, but
you could not claim it because of financial problem. We also play a significant
role in advising the depositor on the best strategy that can be adopted
to convey the consignment to you in your country till we did not hear from
anybody again.

Due to the over congestion of consignment that we have experienced in our
vault over the time, we decided to convey some consignments to our new vault
that is more secured. We were mostly concerned about those items whose contents
are gold and diamond and other precious valuables. I was rendered speechless
and greatly overwhelmed few days ago when we were at the verge of conveying
some consignments and other products to our new vault in the city. I am
therefore writing to inform you that there is an urgent need for both of
us to work out this interesting discovery confidentially.

It was in the process of scanning that I detected that the content of your
consignment was not the actual content that was declared to us by your depositor,Initially,
I thought the consignment contained drugs and this prompted me to scan the
consignment in order to save this organization from falling into the hands
of this government.

I want you to guess what I saw when it was scanned, You will not believe
that the box was filled to the brim with American Dollar of $100 note denomination
which run into millions, I almost fainted when I first saw it because it
was like a dream to me. I wondered why you have to abandon it for this long?

Without wasting any time, I am writing to tell you that I want to be a part
of this business since I am already aware of what is inside this box.

I will assist you to negotiate on how to convey the consignment to you,
presently I can not remove the consignment from the security company with
out your power as I am not in the position to do that unless you instruct
the management to allow me have access to your consignment.

The following are the conditions upon which I will be willing to assist
you:-

(i) You must be ready and willing to keep this business between us alone.
(ii) You will make me your one and only partner in this business and other
agents must not be involved in this new development. I will not be willing
to continue if other agents in your country or anywhere are involved in
this.
(iii) You must tell me in writing how much percentage you are willing to
give me from the total sum when you confirm fund in your account.
(iv) You will also have to agree that I can fly down to your country to
receive my share of the money after confirmation it in your possession.
If you have accepted my above stated conditions, notify me in writing urgently
and also provide me with the following information:-

(A) Your private telephone and fax number. (B) your full address.

I will give you more information when I hear from you and I will also send
you my telephone number in our next communication.

Yours truly,
MR.BASSEY ASUQUO
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire.
E-mail, asuquofr@yahoo.fr




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