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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: "Miss Jeanne K." <miss_jeannexxk@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:26:36 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: I TRUST YOU AND I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE


From Miss Jeanne Kapo
Rue 24 Marcory Zone 01
Abidjan-Cote D'Ivoire


Compliment of the season to you.I know that this letter will come to you as a surprise, with the full hope that you will bear with me to assist me.

l am the above name from Togo working in Abidjan the economic capital of cote d' lvoire as a Nurse at St. Gregory's private hospital located at Ave 16 Rue 19 Abidjan.
Earlly 2004 April, a young man Prince Nelson Edward from South Africa a very wealthy cocoa merchant based in Abidjan the economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire, proposed to marry me but his relatives kicked against it because of my religion as a muslim and from a poor family and nationality, however, he went futher because we loved ourselves since we have been together for a long.

Surprisingly a week before the traditional right as the custom demands called (traditonal wedding), my fiance was killed by unknown guys on 15th October 2004. But before he finally died at general hospital Abidjan, he called me and told me that he deposited the sum of $4, 500,000(Four million Five hundred thousand U. S dollar which he wanted to use for a business trip in one of the security companies here in Abidjan as a personal valuable and he told me where he kept the certificate of the deposit, as he was about to instruct me on what to do with the money, my fiance died. Presentlly, l am with the documents and l have located the security company where he deposited the money.

Following the urgly development recently in this country,There are Rebel's attack and incurssion going-on presently between the government and the former and also the relatives of my late fiance are after my life.Therefore, I am honourably seeking your assistance in this following.
a) l want you to write a latter to the security company asking for the relaese of the money as his foreign business partner. and the new beneficiary of the fund b)to save as the guardian of this found since I am a young Lady for investment purpose and to further my education.
c)To make arrangement for me to come to your country after the money
has been released to you.

Moreover, I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as
compensation for your effort input after the successful transfer of this
found .As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the security company here in Abidjan becuase I am planning with them to release out the money.
I will also issue you the certificate of the deposit that will prove you the present beneficiary of this fund.

Contact me on the above e-mail address and any delay in your reply will give me room in searching for another person for the same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated herein. Hoping to receive your reply soonest.

Thanks.
YOURS SINCERELY.
Miss. Jeanne Kapo

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