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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: jonny koffi <jonnykoffi@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 18:44:50 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CRY FOR HELP



Lot 12, Rue de Jardin
Cocody
Abidjan-Cote D'Ivoire
(help me befor this political crisis start)
My Dear,

My name is christ dagogo.I am a 19yrs old student. My father was a Timber
and COCOA merchant .
He was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings
on a business trip.

My mother died when we were young and before the death of our father on
October 15th, 2003 in a private hospital , he called me on his bed side
and told me of a secret deposit he made with one of the prime deposit and
security house in Abidjan-Cote D'Ivoire.

He deposited the sum of Nine Million, five hundred thousand United State
Dollars.(USD$9.500,000) in a box and declare it as African Arts which he
told me that he used my name as the next of Kin for the box deposit.

He also explained to me that it was because of his wealth that he was poisoned
by his busines associates. He advised me to seek for whom I can confide
in to transfer the fund for onward investment. I am willing to offer you
a reasonable amount of this money as compensation for your efforts to retrieve
the box from the security office and transfer the money into your nominated
Bank account
.
I will like you to send me your telephone and fax numbers for easy communication
so that I can also send you the documents that covers the deposit of the
box.

I am waiting for your kind response.

Your's Sincerely,
christ dagogo














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