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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: constance billy <constance_billy03@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 02:02:29 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Constance Billy,crying for your urgent assistance,Please help me out,ok


From Constance Billy;
Avenue 16 Rue 13nn
Treichville Abidjan
Ivory coast.

Dear loved good one,

Please,Permit me to inform you of my mind, Because I have make up
my mind to write to you this way. however is not mandatory nor will
I in any manner compel you to honour against your will.I contacted you after so many fasting and prayers.i checked ur mesage details and i didn't hesitate to contact you due to it's esteeming nature and me showing interest that i want my late father's money transfered into your nominated bank account,in your country.please read attentively and kindly contact me for more details!.via: constance_billy1@yahoo.com

I am a 22 years old lady now, i was born on the 28th of march,1984.
to the family of Billy.and my father name is Joseph he is a very
wealthy gold and cocoa merchant who based in ACCRA and ABIDJAN
respectively, and my mothers name is sherif.and I am there only
child.well when i was a kid i went to a private schools and things
were going on well for me and my parents till when i was in high
school when my mother died on the 21ST october 1994 , My father
took me so special because i am motherless and his only dauther.
and he shower all his love on me and promised me that he will never
have another woman because he did not want me to for any problem.
but has fate his my father got dead last year. he was poisoned to death by his blood brother.who happened to be my uncle.

But before the death of my father on the 12th September 2005 in a
private hospital here in Abidjan , he called me secretly to his bed side
and told me that he kept a sum of US$10.500 000 (ten million five hundred thousand united states dollars) in a bank in Abidjan, Cote D'ivoire.
meanwhile that he used my name as the next of kin in deposit of the fund.

He also explained to me that it was because of this money that he was
poisoned by his brother, who happened to be my uncle and that i should
seek for foreign partner in a country of my choice where i would transfer
this money and use it for investment purpose, such as; real estate investment
or stock market investment.

Please, i am honourably soliciting for your kind and urgent assistance in the following ways:
1) To provide a bank account where this money will be transfered into.
2) To serve as the guardian of these fund ,since i am 22 years old.
3)To make arrangement for me in your country to continue my educational career and to procure to me a residential permit in your country.

I am inclined to offer you 15% of the total sum as a mode of compensation for your effort after the successful transfering of these fund to your nominated account overseas.Please i will be very happy if this transaction will be concluded within three (3) working days from now.Please you have to understand me,Even rightnow as i am writting you this message,tears are running out of my eyes.you need to understand how i feel and how much i miss my loving and caring father.i am tired of staying in this country for my own security reasons.i want to transfer thie my late father's fund into your nominated bank account in your country and start my new life over there.


Anyway,Let me stop here for my security reason anticipating to hear urgently from you soon, Good one, i am in a serious fasting and prayer now, before writting you this letter, because, this money here is what is left on me and my life.I pray you understand, because ir anything happened to it,i will beg for the rest of my life. so please try and help me out.ok.

I am expecting to hear from you as soon as possible.

May Almighty God bless you as you do care for me Amen.

With Best regard,

Constance Billy.


N.B, please contact me through my private email id for more details; constance_billy1@yahoo.com ; Please for God's sake,Contact me immediately now as soon as you finish reading this message,ok.

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