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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?George=20Rusanganwa?= <rs200george5@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: rs200george@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 08:37:41 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: WE ARE SEEKING FOR YOUR HELP:


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : rs200george5@yahoo.fr

WE ARE SEEKING FOR YOUR HELP:

Dearest One,


It is a pleasure to introduce to you a business that will mark the beginning of never-ending family relationship. I hope that this proposal will not be an inconvenience or embarrassment to you. I must not hesitate to confide in you this simple and sincere request business for our mutual benefit. I am George Rusanganwa the only Son, With my younger Sister Janet Rusanganwa the Children of the late Mr. Steve Rusanganwa, a Tutsi in Republic of Rwanda. I am 23 years of age, While my younger Sister is 19 years. My father was a prosperous coffee and tin ore merchant in Kingali,capital of the Republic of Rwanda before his untimely death After his business trip to Abidjan - Cote d'Ivoire, to negociate on a Coffee and tin ore business he wanted to invest in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire. A week after he came back from Abidjan, he was attacked with my mother by unknown assassins believed to be Hutsis who believed that my father has been given financial support to Tutsi Millitia Rebels.


My mother died instantly but my father died after five days in a private hospital on that faithful afternoon. I didn't know that my father was going to leave me after I had lost my mother. By the grace of God I and my Sister was aided by a business partner of my father through our church pastor in Kingali to escape to Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire. But before my father gave up the ghost it was as if he knew he was going to die He secretly disclosed to me that he deposited the sum of US$12,500,000.00 (Twelve Million, five hundred thousand United States Dollars Only) in cash concealed in a consignment and deposited with a private security company in Abidjan the capital city of Côte d'Ivoire and registered as a family valuable, That the money was meant for the importation of machineries for his coffee processing plant for a company which he wanted to establish in Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire because of fear of the political situation in my country fortunately he did not live to achieve his aim before he was gunned down.


But since I has no experience or interest in this type of business he advised me to seek a reliable and trust worthy business partner who will assist me to secure and transfer this funds abroad strictly for investment purposes and for guidance. He advised me never to live in Africa before his death. Now I am soliciting for your assistance to help me to secure and transfer this fund to your account holding on my behalf and aid me to leave Africa. When I join you, we can then invest jointly in any meaningful lucrative business in your country because this is our only hope in life. You shall be entitled to a significant portion of the fund.


Waiting anxiously to hear from you so that we can discuss the modalities of this transaction. Please kindly contact me on using the above email address immediately for more discussion.


Thanks for your kind attention and expected positive response.

Yours sincerely,

George Rusanganwa

- George Rusanganwa


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