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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: graceibrahim1979@terra.com.mx
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 19:29:39 +0100
Subject: please help me.

Dear Sir/ Ma,

I am Grace Ibrahim the Son of late Dr Ahmed Ibrahim from Sieere Leone former
delegation of the business man in West Africa and linkman between the gold
and
diamond/ Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries - OPEC in a West
African country he died in a plane crash of egypt Air in 1999.

Through the sale of allocated Gold and Diamond, he was able to deposit US$12.2million
with gold and diamond in side the box which is currently in a security and
finance company in Abidjan Cote Divoire a country in Africa
I want you to help us to come and carry the box from the security
company as my late husband business associate, who is the owner of the consignment
box.

we are presently in Abidjan because of the war in our country we find.Republic
of cote D'Ivoire as the better place we can stay while we find a helper.
this will enable us to discuss with you and let me send the document of
the deposit which the security company in Abidjan gave my late husband when
he made the deposit.

Presently I and my younger daughter Hadiza stays in a refugee camp here
in Abidjan And we are becoming tired this is the reason -We want this asset
transfered so that we may leave the camp. Please help us to breath the air
of freedom once again in our life as we did not have any person left now
to assist us .

Those we would've trusted to assist us died during the war so we have
no one to run to now please help us. send your Phone/faxnumbers Including
your
complete Data,&send your reply to us urgently.

Best regards

Grace Ibrahim.


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