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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: sidony adamu <sidony_adamu00@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: adamusidony2005@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 02:46:46 -0800 (PST)
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME AND MY BROTHER


From:Miss Sidony Adamu
Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
Email: sidony_adamu00@yahoo.com


I hope you will not be embarrassed receiving this mail as we have not had previous correspondences on this.I decided to contact you based on the clearance and assurance i got from website that linked you up to me.

I hope you will not impede the trust and confidence I repose in you. In brief introduction I am Miss. Sidony Adamu from Abidjan Ivory Coast, 20 years of age and my Brother Konan is 18 years old. We are the only children of late Mr& Mrs Janta Adamu, a cocoa merchant who was assassinated on the 19th of September, 2002 by rebel soldiers who tried to overthrow the elected Government President Laurent Gbagbo, in a military Coup detat.

My father went for business meeting in the house of the Internal Affair Minister, Mr. Emilo Boga Doudou when the rebels stormed the ministers house and massacred everybody in the compound including my father. We had earlier lost our mother in car crash in the year 2001 along San Pedro Road. Before this time, my father had earlier briefed me of a life deposit of Ten Million America Dollars (US$10. MILLION) he deposited in a certain Bank in Abidjan with my name as Next of kin / beneficiary.

The fund is highly protected in Fix / Suspense Account in the Bank. After my father's death, we are faced with many dangers from hostile relatives and business associates.
Who have no interest for our welfare but to over powers us to claim our family properties.
Because of the problem, we have abandoned our residence and took refuge in a Church here for the save of our life.

I succeeded in confirming the availability of the fund at the Bank and I am appealing to you to help me and my brother
as follows:-

(1) To help us transfer the money out of Cote d'Ivoire to your foreign account for investment purposes in a Lucrative business mainly real estates.

(2) To save our lives by helping us travel out of Cote d'Ivoire to your country to continue our lives as orphans because we may be killed if we stay and moreover there is civil war going on in the country now.

I hereby offer you 15% of the total fund as your compassion and any expenses will be deducted from the fund first before investing the Balance in any business.

The management and sharing formula on any transaction would be discussed in a future date.
I know how difficult it is for you to participate in this issue, but do it in the name of God to save our lives from enemies and the civil war.

Thanks and God bless you. Kindly respond through the above email address,but understand that the transaction should be treated as confidential.

Your faithfully,
Miss.Sidony Adamu






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