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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: sonia moses <sonia.moses@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 01:56:31 +1100 (EST)
Subject: Dear honest one.


Dear honest one.

How are you today? It took me a great courage to write this mail to you because I do not know you inperson and such I wondered how you would react to this letter within my heart. I am Sonia Moses and i am 19 yrs old, My mother was an African American while my father was from the french speaking colony of Cote D' Ivoire in West Africa, i was living with my mother not too far from Charleston building, 601 57th Street, Charleston West Virginia USA. And i attended Charleston senior
High School, 1201 Washington Street E, Charleston, WV.

I lost my mother sometimes ago and after her death i came to meet my father for the very first time in Cote d' Ivoire, though he was also living in the
state before he relocated back to Cote d' Ivoire to set up a business.

Exactely two months and one week after i came to meet my father with the help of US consulates he died, he was very sick when i came to meet him.

But before his death, there were some document he gave to me and he told me that everything he worked for in his life time is in the documents and when i
crosscheck the documents, i discovered that my late father deposited 8, Million United State dollars ( $8.000.000 ) in a bank here in Cote D'Ivoire and he
deposited the money for foreighn investment.

The reason he deposited the money was because of the political
problems that is going on in this country Cote D'Ivoire.

What i am telling you is that i am just a young girl and there is little or nothing i could do on my own and again if my late father relative find out that my late father left that kind of money in my care i don't know what they might do to me, so i need you to help me contact the bank and claim the deposited account for me as my friend and Guandian, and take me along with you.If you do this for me apart from the love i will also offer you 5% of the total money for helping me.

Please i requested for your trust and understanding because it might sound unbeleivable but it is the truth. Please get back to me as soon as posible.

Sincerely,
Miss Sonia


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