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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: jeanguie@handbag.com
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 21:28:54 +0200
Subject: INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP/ASSISTANCE


Attn: Sir/Madam,

With whole confidence and belief, my thought saw your
name, as a reliable person to co-operate with in joint
venture partnership. I am, GUEI JEAN, from Abidjan
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) the son of former military
President General GUEI ROBERTS who died
recently during the military coup'detat.

As the former Head of State, my father acquired and
deposited One diplomatic boxe in a private security
company here in Abidjan, containing US$8.6million
with a corresponding agency in Europe.

Before he died arrangement was on, for us to move this
money to Europe through a diplomatic Immunity through
the Security Company.

I am therefore contacting you for an assistance for us
to meet in Spain because I have already finalised
the plans for the company to ship the consignment
to Spain where we will meet face to face and to assist me
to pay for the demurrage charges that has accumulated
since it was deposited.

You can also verify by yourself by contacting the laiki
Secuirty and finance Company,Spain.Email: laikisec_company@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Michael J.Brown(Director) .


Note:The Company does not know the exact content of the box. For security
reasons it was rather labelled as family valuables.

I will also need your assistance for investing the
money in your country.

My mother and I have agreed to compensate you with 10%
from the total Sum when the funds is finally transfered.


Thanks and Best Regards.

Jean Guei












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