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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: bill robert <billrobert7@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mr_b_robert@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 00:55:51 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS CO-OPERATION.


BILL ROBERT
PLOT 27 AVE. 9. ABOBO SW
BASSAM 2253. IVORY COAST .
WEST AFRICA.

Dearest,
My name is Master Bill RobertI am from Sierra Leone but now living in Ivory Coast . I am contacting you because I need your help to retrieve and manage my inherited family treasures. I was the last and only Son of my parents in the family of five. Though I lost my three elder brothers during the war in our country and my mother died from injury she sustained during that dark period. Before the death of my father, he was the president of KENEMAH GOLD MINING – S.A.R.L. An exploration and mining company with the vision to identify world class Gold deposits through exploration activities primarily focused in Africa . The Company has substantial landholdings in West/ Eastern Africa .

My late father's Gold business glow so big and he made a lot of money by selling the Gold to both the local and international buyers. He came home one evening on the 7th of January 2006 and told me that he had a business transaction with his local business colleagues worth 12 million Euros. He said that the money will be coming into their joint account within two-week but he has been receiving series of treats over his life. It was then he told me that he deposited a special box with a private security company here in Abidjan the capital of Ivory Coast . That the box contains as follows:

320 KG Gold Dust. Quality: « Au » 92.67% Metal of 22 carats and plus.
He told me that he used my name as his only daughter for the next of Kin in depositing of the consignment that contain the AU metals. He then handed over to me the certificate of deposit and agreement of deposit he entered with the security company at the time of deposit. After my father finished disclosing this matter to me he never lived to take his own share of the money as he was gun down four days later and he died before getting to the hospital.

Right now I have no knowledge of Gold business and the political situation of Ivory Coast is not stable. I am just 18 years and still in School, I contacted you to help me retrieve the Gold from the security company. Then Ship it to your country, where you will sell it and invest the money for me in good business. You may be required to come here for this purpose to handle this matter on your own. I will be willing to give you a power of attorney to empower you rights over the consignment. And will accept to make a change of ownership of the same if need be to enable you have a free access in claiming the consignment that contains the Gold on my behalf. I will offer you 15% of the total sales while any expenses will be deducted from the sales. You will then invest the balance for me. We can also sign an agreement on this note to protect both parties in the future.

Please if you are able to help me in this venture, Kindle get back to me with your full Contact details. I will then forward to you more details, with the documents of the deposit and the contacts of the security company.

I am waiting for your urgent email.
Thanks and God bless you.
Yours sincerely,
Master Bill Robert.

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