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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: monique david <mlizz_1983@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: moni_lizzy23@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 05:46:43 -0500 (EST)
Subject: From Miss Monique


Miss Monique Bangura
Lot 121 rue 12, Abidjan
Cote D'Ivoire.
moni_lizzy23@yahoo.fr

Dear

I am Miss Elizabeth M. Bangura, 22 Yrs from Sierra Leone but presently living in Ivory Coast as a refugee.
I have this confidential and important proposal for you but before i go on i would like to humbly advise you to delete this message from your email box and never remember that i contacted you where you feel that you cannot help me.

It is true that iam about entrusting this in your hands without even knowing or seeing you it is a big risk but i know that God in heavens will not disappoint me.and I am contacting you because I need your help in the management of a sum of money that my late father Mr David Bangura left for me before he died.This money is USD 8 million American Dollars and the money is in a Security Company here in Abidjan the capital city of Cote D'Ivoire in a metallic box as a box containing cargo, he made the deposit with the name of my senior brother Late Joseph Bangura who is also dead.

He declared the content content of of the box as FAMILY VALUBALES, because here security companies does not hold cash and for the security of the fund in the box.My father was a very rich cocoa merchant and he was poisoned to death by my uncle who happens to his business partner.
And now I want you to stand as my guardian and my appointed beneficiary and help mr retreive thids box on my behalf and facilitate the lifting of this box to your country. Iam an orphan and like a refugee.My mother died when i was a child.

Iam expecting your ugent and positive reply to this email so that I will tell you how to contact the security company as well as giving you their contact address. You will also help me to re-locate to your country to finish my education while you will help me to invest the money while i complete my education.

I am waiting for your urgent reply.I wouldn’t want to bother you with my suffering, lack, humillaition, hunger and sufferings that iam presently facing, help me get this money out of here and you will be saving me from death and iam ready to give you 20% of the total money at the conclusion of the transaction.If you feel that you cannot help me please delete this message and i will not bother you again.

Thanks.
Miss Monique E. Bangura
REPLY ME ON THIS PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS: moni_lizzy23@yahoo.fr



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