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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: "mainassra aicha" <mainassraaicha002@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 22:40:50 +0200
Subject: Confidential from AICHA MAINASSRA


Firstly with thanks and gratitude i would like to introduce my self fully to
you so that you can know the person that you are associating with.

I am AICHA MAINASSRA the only child of late Chief HASSAN MAINASSRA from the
south north of Ivory Coast West Africa.I lost my mother during the time she
was delievering me , infact i did not see my mother face to face only her
pictures that i do see.

My father was killed by the Rebels that are still occupying the South north
part of my country up till today since 19 september 2002.Glory be to God
that i was not in the country during that period may be i would have been
dead, if not for God and for the fact that i was in Ghana where i was
schooling.Since that period i have been suffering without parents, house
,relatives, money and other wise except God almigthy who has been taking
care of me.

Before the untimely death of my father, he was one of the top importers and
exporters of COCOA as you may have been aware that my country is the world
highest Cocoa exporting country.From his business income he deposited two
trunk boxes that contains fifteen million united staes dollars( us$15m) in a
security company with my name , the only child as the next of kin
beneficiary.

Unfortunately for me , when i went to retreive the box from the security
company it was that time that the security company officials made it known
to me that my father deposited the Boxes really with my name as the next of
kin beneficiary but i that i do not have access to the boxes untill i pay
the remaining of their security charge because the money that my late father
deposited for their security charges has expired.

this is why i prayed and fasted for God to bring some one like you to come
and help me to retreive the Boxes from the security company and transfer
money in the boxes into your nominated Bank account either in your country
or in any other country that is conducive for you and for that reason i
would also like you to help me in investing the fund in any lucrative
business of your choice in any country that you chooses while after the fund
has been transfered into your nominated account , you will then withdraw
some money from the fund and send to me so that i will use it and process my
travleing documents to come and join you to continue with my education
while you take charge of the investment that we are going to extablish with
the fund.

My dear friend, this is the reason why i contacted you for your kind and
God fearing assistance and i promise you a great compensation if you can do
this for me a little orphan.
All the legal documents that my father signed with the security company are
all intact and the security company is also ready to release the Boxes if
we pay them their remaing dumorage charges that the boxes have accumulated
in their custody ,please for your information the security company does not
know the content of the Boxes as money but rather as family valuables for
security reasons
.
Please i am advicing you to please come and help me out because things are
very very difficult for me presently, i do no longer go to school, i am
staying under the care of United nation peace keeping force in a refuge camp
here in Abidjan , and i am always with my pastor who keeps on praying for
me for a way out.
My dear friend, i also know that you are aware of the current political
problem here and the presidential election is almost at hand now, presently
the governing party, the opposition party and the rebels are in South africa
for a peace talk but since four days no possitive outcome, infact i am also
afraid of loosing this Boxes and my life because there is no security for
life and property any longer here.
Also the heartless politicians in my country are looking for where to raise
fund in other to sponsor their canpagn since in my country politice is
money and not public opinion, infact i am tired here and i want to leave
this war country to come over to your desired country for the continuation
of my education and for the investment of this fund please.
My dear, i am ready to link up with the security company so that you will
negociate with them on how to retreive the boxes after which you transfer
the money that is in it into your nominated account please after which i
will then come and join you.
Please i will like you to send all your contact details so that i will call
you on the phone for more explanation and also for me to hear your voice and
know the voice of the person that i am associating with and the person who
my inheritance is going into his account.

Please i would also like you to send your full contact details to me, your
occupation, family background; country of origin and all about you since we
are entering into a relationship that will be everlasting.
Please i am really suffering and i do not know what else to do and i promise
that since all concerning this transaction are legal that means that there
are no RISK involved. You are only to coperate with me and the security
company
PLease i want you to keep this transaction within you alone for my security
and for the safty of the fund here and in your country please.

Expecting a positive answer from you and after your respons, for
confindential reasons i will sending the contact of the security company to
you if you can assist me.

Your's sincerely

Aicha Mainassra

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