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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: acky kouassi14 <ackykouassi14@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:18:07 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: my case




Thank you for your kindness to help me and my small sister but i must tell you that i came from a christian background and my religios believe and i do not know what is called spam Mr Singh
i really must confess to you that i am indeed indebted to your Godl'y understanding and desire to assist me and my sister.
Everything in life has a purpose and i do believe God has brought us together now,so as to champion our destinies. I will try to put down in very little language how i believe we will proceed with each other to successfully execute this transaction within the next few days.
The first step is absolute trust and confidence between one another to be guided with truthfulness. you will have to send your personal telephone and fax numbers for easier and faster communication and also your permanent residential address. Presently, our father bequeathed me with this fund, in trust for further expansion of his bussiness to utilise it for foreign investment, most preferably,into the fishing industry which he had a love for
My father's ’s fund is with the VIGA ASSITANCE .PLC security company. My mother deposited it there few months before her death. but mama confided in me that the security company did not know the contents of the consignment, as dad ordered her to pay specially for it to be tagged,as an un-inspected value consignment of african art effects.
All the documents relating to the deposit is presently in my pocession. but i had to ensure that these documents are well hidden, because i believe that my dads assailants could still be after this fund.
As at the moment, they do not know where me and my junior sister is lodging, and where the fund is.
i will want you to immediately start planning to come down here, for us to jointly go to the security company to retrieve the consignment. i will also officially inform the security company that you are my father's foreign partner, whom this consignment is meant for,so that when you contact them, they will give you all their co-operation and also effect the change of ownership of the consignment into your name. Immediately i receive your full particulars, i will then fax a copy of the deposit certificate to you .
After the consignment have been transferred to your country, you will invest it on our behalf of us in any business that you is more profitable. and also you will be our trustee/ investor. finally,it is our wish to offer you 20% commission for your kind assistance.
It is also my wish to travel along with my only blood relation my sister. She is Alberta , and i will want you to make provision for both of us to continue our education in order for our father's dream of making me a medical and my sister a pharmacist
As i will be entrusting you with our future affairs, it is of paramount importance that whatever that you do must be done with utmost good faith .
You will have to assure me that you will perfectly handle everything. as i will also want you to be constantly calling me for daily briefing.
Awaiting your immediate response.
Sincerely yours,

ACKY MANGA KOUASSI

Here is the contact of the security company

CONTACT DE LA COMPAGNIE DE SECURITE
VIGA ASSISTANCE SECURITY PLC
Tél : (225).07.09.66.26
Fax : (225).07.09.66.25
Directeur : ALHAJI USMAN ABUBAKAR
E-mail : viga_assistance@keromail.com


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