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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: beauty obere <beautyobere2003@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 17:26:12 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.


kjohnFrom Beauty Obere
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire
West Africa
beautyobere2003@yahoo.fr


BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.
Dearest, Permit me to inform you of my desire of going in to business relationship with you, for brief introduction.
I am Mrs BEAUTY OBERE the wife of late Mrs. HASAN OBERE. My husband was a very wealthy cocoa and Gold merchant in Abidjan , the economic capital of Ivory coast, my husband was poissoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip.Before my husband died on November 2000 in a private hospital here in Abidjan, he secretly called me on his sick bed side and told me that he left a trunk box that contained the sum of seven million five hundred thousand United State Dollars. USD ($7.500,000) left in a private security company as a family a effect not as money for security reasons here in Abidjan here
Now because of the political crisis in Ivory Coast last two years 23rd October 2000 during the president Robert Guei regime on the presidential election which was won by President Laurent Gbagbo after all it became a massaccar between the two parties RDR and FPI because of the discrimination between the two parties, so for the security of this fund I instructed the security company to move the fund to their branch office in Europe .
My husband also told me that he used my son's name as his only son for the next of Kin in depositing of the box.He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poissoned by his business associates. That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as real estate management or hotel management .
Sir, I am honourably seeking your assistance in transferring of this money to your nominated account oversea. As soon as this money is out from the security company in Europe, So I want you to assist me in this following ways.
(1)you shall make arrangement for me to come over to your country for the investment of this money.
(2)you shall serve as a guardian of this fund since I am woman, moreover,
Sir I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as your compensation for your effort input after the succesful transfer of this fund in your nominated account oversea.
Further more, you indicate your option towords assisting me. Contact me through the above email address as I believe that this transaction would concluded within fourteen
(14) days you signify interest to assist me. Anticipating to hear from you soonest.
Thanks and God bless .
Best regards.
Mrs Beauty Obere










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