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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: "Jean Cisse" <inccchairman_ci@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:05:15 +0000
Subject: Allocation

Dear Beloved,

After due deliberation and consideration I decided to forward you this
proposal and more also seeing you as an interesting character, I feel I
could add to your knowledge of financial exploit. I am Engr. Jean cisse the
chairman of the Ivory Coast contract award committee, I want you to assist
me in the claim of the sum of seven million, six hundred thousand united
state dollars (USD$7.6M) that is packaged in a trunk box and was made
deposited under the custody of a storage company on behalf of a foreign
partner.

This fund was as a result of an over invoiced contract awarded by us under
the budget allocation to my ministry, the bill was approved and paid by the
concerned ministry. We are left with the balance of USD$7.6M as the over
invoice amount which I have deliberately over estimated for my own use but
under the protocol division civil servants are forbidden to operate or own
foreign accounts and couple with the recent sanctions by the united nation
(U.N) and Organization of African unity (O.A.U) on
dealings of huge amount of fund and firing Arms due to the political crisis
in Ivory Coast, that is why the fund was packaged inside trunk box and was
made deposited to a storage company on behalf of a foreign partner as his
family valuables.

I have now decided to contact you for an assistance towards putting up a
claim to the storage company for the transfer of the box to you in your
country. I have also agreed to share the fund as follows:
1. 30% for your Endeavourment
2. 60% for me
3. 10% for tax as may be required by your government.

As you may want to know and to make you less curious i got your address from
our reputable source which we wish to keep secret for security reasons. This
deal is very much free from all sort of risk hence the deal was carefully
planned before it was executed.

Upon indication of your interest to fully assist me in this transaction
shall i furnish you with every vital informations that will enable you put
up a claim to the storage company. I will send down one of my representative
to your country before the arrival of the box. You are advised not to go
through international operator due to the confidentiality and sensitivity
involved in the deal and hence i am still on active service.

Let honesty and trust be our watchword through out this transaction.

I wish your humble co-operation will be highly solicited.

Your's Truely,
Engr. Jean Cisse.

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