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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: sandra_kabila2005@terra.com.mx
Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 11:32:02 +0100
Subject: ASSISTANCE

from sandra kabila
Cote D' Ivoire Abidjan
West Africa
We are seeking for your assistance I am ,mrs sandra kabila the wife of
late john who was the former oil minister of Congo Brazzavill during the

time of president Pascal mohammed before his regime was overthrown four

years ago. On 16th may 2002 of my husband was sick and he was flown to france
for treatment and he was later of cancer and he has been buried My
husband (kabila john) and three other cabinet minister including president

lissoumba was involved in the $150,000.000(one hundred and fifty millions

American dollars) oil deal with American company "occidental petroleum"
they
undersold Congolese oil which part of the money was diverted and other part
was went to public treasury. During this deal my husband collect ed
$9,500,000(Nine millions and Five hundred thousand American dollars) as
part of his own share from the deal which he kept in a truck box lodged
with security company Cote D'Ivoire(Abidjan)West Africa which we ship to
your country throught their diplomatic courrier service and all arrangement
has been concluded for a successful transaction.The security company did
not know that the box contains money because my late husband deposited the
box as family valuables The money was willed in favour of my Duagther name
fatu one girl and myself as next of kin for the deposit. In fact, since
the death of my husband, his brothers has been seriously chasing me around
with constant treats, trying to suppress me so that they might have the
documents of his
landed properties and confiscate them. They have successfully collected
some
of his properties, yet they never stopped there. They told me to surrender
all bank account of my late husband, which I did, but I never disclose
to them this deposit with security company in Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire,
because this where the future and destiny of my child is lying. The family
of
my late husband d never aware of the secret existing of this deposit and

they can never aware. I and my Aicha have to leave immediately and also
to
look for a trustworthy person who could assist us in shipment of the
consignment his/her country thus my contacting you. Consider my situation
as a
widow and come to our rescue, I will offer you 12.5% as a reward for
assisting us as the remaining part of the money will be used for good investments
in your country under your care.
Please do forward your next mail to my private mail
BOX:(sandra_kabila2005@yahoo.fr)
May God bless you
sandra kabila
(Daugther)



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