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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: fred_konte1@terra.com.mx
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 11:10:48 +0100
Subject: STRICTLY APRIVATE BUSINESS PROPSAL

From "African Development Bank"
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK OF COTE D' IVOIRE (A.D.B)

FROM DESK OF DR FRED KONTE
Abidjan Cote d' Ivoire

Dear sir,

STRICTLY APRIVATE BUSINESS PROPSAL
I am Dr Fred Konte,The manager, Bills and Exchangeat the Foregin Remittance
Department of African Development Bank of Cote d' Ivoire plc (A.D.B) I am
writting this letter to ask for your support and cooperation to carry out
this business opportunity in my department .We discovered an abandoned sum
of $15,000,000m us Dollas (15million United States Dollas only )in an account
that belongs yo one of our foregin costomers who died along wite his entire
family of a wife and two children in war brake out in Cote d' Ivoire september
2002.

Since we heard of his death, we have been expecting his next
of kin to come over and put cliams for his money as the heir, because we
cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for cliam
as the next of kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guideliens.
Unfortunatry, neither their family member nor distant relatine
has ever appeared to claim the said fund.Upon this discovery ,i and other
officails in my department have agreed to make business wite you and relaese
the total amount into your account since no one has come for it or discovered
even to maintained account wite our banik, otherwise the fund will be returnted
to the bank treasury as unclaimed fund.
We have agreed that our ratio of shareing will be as stated thus
20%for you as foregin partner,75%for us the officals in my department and
5%for the settlement of alllocal and foregin expences incurred by us and
you during the course of this business.
Upon the successful completion of this transfer, I and one of my
colleague will come to your country and mind our share , it is from our
75% we intend to import Agricultural Machineries into my country as a way
of recycting the fund.
To commence this transaction, we require you to immediataly indicate
your interest by a return email and enclose your private contact telephone
number fax number full name and address and your designated bank coordinates
to enable us file letter of claim to the appropriate departments for necessary
approvals before the transfer can be made.

Note also, this transaction must be kept,
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL because of its nature.
I look forwared to receiving your prompt response



DR FRED KONTE

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

OF COTE D'IVOIRE

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