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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: keth john <kc_j28mm@yahoo.ca>
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 13:27:56 -0500 (EST)
Subject: FROM KETH JOHN


google.com
Miss keth john
Abidjan Cote d'ivoire
Dear One
please reply through this email address for my security and this transaction kc_j28mm@yahoo.ca


our mother so early our father took
us so special, we are only from my mother's side, I
and the one boy. Introducing myself, I am MISS keth 23 years of age the only daughter of the late
chief and mrs ben john , my father was a gold and
cocoa merchant based in Accra, Ghana and Abidjan
(Ivory Coast) he was poisoned to death by his business
associates on one of their business trips. Before the death of my father on the 29th April 2001 in a private hospital here in Abidjan.

He secretly called me on his bed and told me that he
has a sum of USD$30M (thirty million
U.S) deposited in a security company here in
Abidjan Cote D' Ivoire, that he used my name as his
beloved duaghter for the next of kin in depositing the
fund. He also explained to me that it was because of
this wealth that he was poisoned by his business
associates,

that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country
of my choice where I will transfer this money and use
it for investment purpose such as as expansion of his
existing cocoa business and real estate management
overseas. Meanwhile, my late father told me that the
security company does not know the real content in th
box, they believed it was an Artcraft of family
treasures and important documents of his estate as it
was formerly deposited by my late father.
As of now,
the consignment has left Abidjan due to the problem of
unstable government and also the unagreement long ahead between the newly head of state his excellency president LAURANT GBAGBO and his oposition ALHAJI DARAMAN WATARA over the resent rebels attack in the country. So for that reason,
I ordered the security company here to transfer it to there representative stourage house in europe. Moreover, I am willing to offer you $1.5000.00 of the total sum as compersation for your effort and input after the successful transfer of this fund into your nominated account overseas, I will be waiting to
hearing from you as soon as this email gets to you in
good health.

As a matter of fact, the box has already
been trnasfered to one of security comany in europe since on the 25th of June
2003. I am ready to send to you every relevand
documents including the transfer certificates of the
box to europe if i hears your call as soon as
possible.Finally,
I will send to you my picture for
you to know actually whom you are dealing and also in
responding back to me, you have to send to me aswell
your own picture including your private fax and
telephone number and your personal home address for
security reason of whom I am dealing. I have already
choosen your private contact and God has told me to go
aheadthat you will not be a cheater or a betrayal of trustafter the successful concluton of this transaction.
kc_j28mm@yahoo.ca
Yours sincerely
keth john
THE FAMILY.




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