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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: eliza bine <elizabine2@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 00:39:13 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: FEAR GOD AND GIVE HIME GLORY


FROM ELIZABETH BINE
13 BP 125 ABIDJAN 13
ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE

Dear respectful,


It is my Pleasure to write to you after considering your profile My name
is Elizabeth Bine a nationality of kuwait. I am married to Mr. Lobi Bine
who worked with kuwait company in Ivory Coast for fiften years before he
died in the year 2003. We were married for eleven years without a child.
he died after a brief illness thatlasted for only four days. When my late
husband was alive we deposited the sum of$10.5Million (ten Million five
hundred thousand U.S. Dollars) in a BANK here in COTE D'IVOIRE for
investment aboard.


Presently, this money is still with the bank.resently my Doctor told me
that I would not last due to cancer problem. Having known my condition I
decided to look for some one aboard who will help me receive and invest
this money in a profitable business because this my only hope of live now
because the relation of my hosband did not know about this money.They have
seized all my husband belongings and told me to go because i did not have
a child for them.Again i will like to come to your country as soon as this
money is transferred to your account so that i will be able to treat
myself because they have told me that there are better doctors aboard who
be able to cure this my sickness.Please if you have accepted to help me i
will like to hear from you as soon as possible and i promise to conpenset
you with 15% of this money for helping me.

I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my
health and the presence of my husband family and relatives around me
always. I don't want them to know about this development.
Please if you have accepting to assist me i will like you to send to me
your telephone and fax number, your full address and you bank details so
that i will submit it to the bank for them to transfer the money to your
account as i will tell them and i will tell you how you will contact the
bank and what you will tell them. I shall give you the contact of the bank
where the money was deposited for you to contact them and request them to
transfer the money to your account.I will also tell the bank to issue you
a letter of authority that will empower you as the new beneficiary of this
fund. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated here.
Hoping to hearing from you through this email address above.
Remain blessed
Best regard
Mrs Elizabeth Bine






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