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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Josephine Adimon" <josephineastar84@sunumail.sn> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:27:06 +0200
Subject: RESPOND TO ME ASAP

Miss Josephine Adimon
Avenue 11,rue 23
Lot 116,Deux Plateau
Abidjan-Coted'ivoire.

Good day,

It's my pleasure contacting you for a business venture which I intend to establish
in your country,though I have not met with you before but I believe one has to risk,
confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life.

My late father Mr Stephan Adimon kept in a security storage house here in Abidjan
the sum of sixteen million U.S dollars($16,000,000) before he was assasinated by
unknown persons.
I am the only chiled and my mother died when I was only 12 years old.

I am looking for a God fearing foreign partner who will come down here and help me
to retreive this money from the security firm and retransfer it into his or her
account outside this country for investment purposes. As soon as I receive your
reply I shall give you the contact of the Company.

I would like you to tell me how much percentage you will like to have outof the
total amount,for your assistace.
I would like the money to be managed in a profitable venture preferably a joint
venture business with you.

Please I will like you to note that my late father was a cocoa
merchant,and he was also dealing on Gold and Diamond before his death.

Hoping to hear from you asap.
Josephine Adimon.


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