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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 moctar <soniamocta@yahoo.it>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:47:52 +0100 (CET)
Subject: From Sonia Moctar



Dearest one,

I am sorry ,i dont mean to embrass you . With kind respect,I am Sonia Moctar I have been looking for a reliable foreign investor for an urgent business assistance,

But since i dont want to run into some mischevious people, i have been hesistant of opening up to anybody. But such instinct changed the day i got to know about you,

I am a 24 years old girl from Abidjan cote d iviore west Africa. The only daughter of my late parents. My father was assasinated in this current political crises that is going on in cote d iviore. He was falsely accused of being one of the major sponsorers of the Rebel groups. Few weeks later my mother died of heart failure as a result of the psycological tuture , she went through , watching these heartless soldiers , snuffing life out of her husband. Before the death of my both parents, my father used to be a wealthy man, who owns the largest fishing company in the country , including other financial institutions where he was one of the major share holder, but all these has been seized by the government due to my father´s alledgedly involvement with rebels. Ever since then , my life hangs in doubts and my security can not be guarranted,

Before the death of my both parents, my father told me about some consignment he kept in a security company for safe keeping and that the content is $2.5million,

Though this is not to the knowledge of the security company. And therefore appealing to you to kindly assist me and invest this money in your country while you make providings for my coming up to your country and for the continuation of my education, since my security can no longer be guarranted here and the political situations in my country is not stable. Note that after the succesful transfer of the money into your account that you will be given 15% of the total money as your commission,while the profits that will come from any good venture you might suggest will be shared as it will be negociated. Just imagine a 24years old girl being left alone to face all the challenges of this life , but i believe somebody somewhere loves and care for me. This relationship is based on trust and motual understanding. The confidentiality must always be maintained. Please do indicate your willingness to assist . I am looking forward to hear from you and God bless you.

THANKS.

Your´s sincerely
Sonia Moctar
NB
Name : Miss. SONIA MOCTAR
country: Cote d'Ivoire
State: Abidjan
Address : RUE187 AVENUE 32
Contact : +22505 0072 29
E-mail: soniamoctar@yahoo.ca













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