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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: evixjohn@terra.com.mx
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 08:47:59 +0000
Subject: From:Orphans John and Peace Evix

From:Orphans John and Peace Evix
Assylum Refugee Camp
Abidjan-Cote d'Ivoire.

Dear Guardian,

We are John and Peace Evix the children of late former Director of
finance,Dr Vincent R. Evix Sierra-Leone diamond and mining corporation.
We must confess our agitation is real, and our words is our bond, in this
proposal.

Our late father diverted this money meant for purchase of ammunition,
for my country, during the peak of disastrous civil war in our country,
now he has deposited the money in a Bank here in Abidjan Cote D' I voire
,Now I and my little sister are residing under political Assylum here in
Abidjan Cote D' I voire.

Now the war in our country is over with the help of ECOMOG soldiers,
the present government of Sierra Leone has revoked the passport of all
officers who served under the former regime and now ask countries to expel
such person at the same time freeze their account and confiscate their asset,
it is on this note that we are contacting you, all we needed from you is
to furnish us with your particulars such as your Full address, private telephone

/fax numbers so that we will isue it to the bank.

For you to assist us transfer this money in your account in your
country, the said amount is (US$16.5000.000.00 Million) We are compensating
you with 15% of the total money amount,now all our hope is banked on you
and We really wants to invest this money in your country, were their is
stability of Government,
political and economic welfare.

Honestly we want you to stand for us. Our late father Dr Vincent R.Evix
gave us the deposit slip issued to him by the Bank on the date of
deposit, for you to be clarify because,

We do not expose our self to anybody we see, We believe that you are
able to keep this transaction secret for us because this money is the hope
of our life, it is important.

Please write us immediately after you must have gone through our
message fill free and make it urgent. That is the reason why we offered
you 15% of the total money amount, and in case of any other necessary expenses
you might incure, We are resolving to give you an addition of 5% during
this transaction.

N.B Try and negotiate for us some profitable blue chip investment
opportunities which is risk free which we can invest with this money when
it is transferred to your account, personally I am interested in estate
management please advise me. And promise me and my younger sister to be
our guardianconsidering
our situation and not to betray us.

And our late father used me the first son as the next of kin on the day
of deposit and also made an agreement that I can only acess this money
when I am 25 years of age but due to the problem this country now we want
to live so I remembered that he told me to look for an assistance of a
foreigner partner with a legitimate bank Account abroad who will stand as

co-beneficiary and partner abroad to ensure a successful hitch free transfer
of the money abroad.Please we are waiting to hear from you, this is our
Alternative

email address ( evixjohn2005@yahoo.fr )

Thanks and God bless you.
Yours truly

John and Peace Evix

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