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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: Rosemary Davidson <rosem_davidson7@yahoo.it>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 13:35:58 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: MY EXPLANATIONS AND INFORMATIONS NEEDED URGENT PLS.

Hello my dear lovely Babeth Fay,

Thanks for your kind response to my mail to you and your words of knowlage you write in your mail. Meanwhile I can say that, no onbe knows today and tomorrow because, you are not the Creator who knows every thing.

My dear, there are so many things that are risk free but depend on how you programm your activities or the very thing you are doing either your alone or with some one. Like as I said that, this business is 100 % risk free transaction. You may be seing it as some thing that will harm you latter or make you regrate knowing me for your life time.

Your Gorvenment or any Authority in your country will not querry or ask you where and source of the money since the documents that the bank and the one the lawyer who will represent you here for the claim and to get on your name, all the needed documentations from the Federal High Court of Justice and Ministry of Economy of Cote D'Ivoire for the smooth transfer of this money into your bank account in your country, will cover all your fear and doubt and every thing so that, there will be no problem when and after the money has been transfered into your account. This is why you should know that, there is no risk in this transaction. Every thing will be handled with the BTO of Cot D'Ivoire and with an International lawyer.

I do not understand why you are asking me if my phone is a mobile or landline phone. Are you sure that you are capable to handle this transaction since you are asking me this question. I want to let you know and understand that, when you will be in contact with the bank, you are going to be calling the bank and the lawyer who is representing you here to do the whole work for you till the money confirm into your account. So I do not know your fear in calling me. This transaction needs you to be calling and sending faxes for easy and fastest communications.

Your country America is a free communication country and to call out from America is not costly like ours here in Africa. I do not know your reason of that question. Do you knbow the kind of business you are about doing with me ? a business of $9.5 Million USD, you are acting as if you are doing business of $1 USD. My dear, try to understand what we are doing and know what you surposed to do at the right time.

Dont you know how you can send a fax to any office or any individual ? if you do not know, you can ask any body any time you are about to do that ok. I hope there is an internet business center in your arear, if there is any, you can go there and send fax any time you are ready for that ok. No one is going to live for ever on earth bear this in mind.

The things that is involve in this transaction before the money can be successfuly transfered into your bank account in America or any country of your choice since the account is a valid account are as follows :

1 : My bank will advice you to open a none residence dormisliary dollar account on your name with them here in my bank here in Cote D'Ivoire. Without you opening this none residence dormisiliary dollar account with my bank here in Cote D'Ivoire, the bank will not be able to made the transfer to you. So, it is important that you open the account where the bank will first login the money before the final transfer will be made into your designated bank account in America. The money in question is still in a fix suspence account with my bank since the late depositor died and it can not be tourched untill the account is re-activated that is why you should open this none residence dormisiliary dollar account on your nbame with the bank.

2 : The documents that the lwayer who will represent you here for the claim and transfer of this money to you will need to get from the Federal High Court of Justice and Ministry of Finance and Economy of Cote D'Ivoire that will back up the claims and smooth transfer of the money to you so that there will be no problem when and after transfering the mon ey to you in America.

The lawyer will need to get those needed documents well endoursed on your name at the Federal High Court of Justice of Cote D'Ivoire and also need to normalise and legalise your name before he can now, submit them to the bank for the arrangement of the transfering of the money to you.

Now, if you are ok with all this my explanations to you regarding this transaction, I would like that you go ahead and forward to me all the needed informations I requested from you for the computer programming of your name and informations in the bank computer file of the late depositor to reflect you as the real NEXT-OF-KIN and the BONAFIDE BENEFICIARY of the deposit before, I will now forward to you the Application form of claim after my instolation of your informations which you will need to fill accordingly and send to me my bank by email scanning or by fax for the claim and transfer of the money to you in America.

Here are the informations I requested from you as follows :

1 : Your full name

2 : Your full home address

3 : Your date and place of birth

4 : Your ocupation and marital status

5 : Your telephone and fax numbers

I am waiting to hear from you and to receive all these informations to enable us finish every thing about the transaction in time without waisting much time.

I will stop here till I hear from you as soon as possible. Bye a&nd have a nice day.

Call me for more details if you do not understand any other thing.

Yours lovely one

Rosemary



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