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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: "Justine Guei" <justine_rguei@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:41:30 +0000
Subject: Hello

Goo day,
I know it looks really strange for you to receive this email from me,

but before I go further, let me use this medium to introduce myself.
My names are Justine R. Guei. I am a full citizen of Ivory coast and a

native of Bouake the
rebel besieged city in the northern part of the country 400 km north of

Abidjan the capital. I grew up with my uncle Ex-Military Head of State

of Ivory Coast who was assasinated along with the Interior Minister by

name(Emile Boga Doudou)on the 19th of September 2002 Please,feel free

to browse through
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2269238.stm) for complete report on

this incident.

I lost my father and mother in a gastric motor accident when I was

barely 13 years old then. My uncle General Robert Guei before his

assination made a cash
deposit of (8.7Million) with a private reputable security vault in The

Gambia for safe keeping. This was deposited and declared as family

jewelries in my name and the documents were with my uncle's lawyer

which I never knew about.

Up till my writing this mail, the Security vault does not know of the

cash content in
this consignment in deposit with them. Some months after my uncle's

death, I was called upon by my uncle's lawyer from The Gambia and all

these were revealed to me. Now, my uncle's lawyer is seeking to get

married to me so that he can gain access to this furtune but he is

really too old for me and he has (3) other wives.I have told him that I

have a step father/guardian who will help manage this cash for me and I

do not need his assistance other than when my step father/guardian

comes, he just has to hand the papers over to us and we are through

with him.

I need you to act as my guardian to assist me move this cash to your

country or any other country you deem fit and be able to manage

properly, part of the fund in a feasible and lucrative investment,

hence the need of contacting you.

I also want to let you know that I will forever appreciate if you

assist me in moving this cash out of Africa. Again, you must have to

make arrangement on how to move me to your country to reside in peace

and please do consider this and let me know promptly, your acceptance

to assist me so that we can know how to immediately undertake this

project within the shortest possible time.

I await your very prompt reply and please do not hesitate to ask for

clarification on any aspect you are uncertain about. Reach me directly

via this email address.
Best Regards and waiting to read from you soon,
Justine R.G
Contact Via Email Address: justine_rguei@yahoo.com


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