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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: "manuel tureh" <manuel.tureh23@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: manuel.tureh002@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:28:19 +0000
Subject: REPLY NEEDED URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL

Dearest one,
compliment of the season! I know that this letter will come to you as a
surprise, with the full hope that you will bear with us to assist me in this
mutual transaction that will extend our both families.
I got your contact and few other ones through your website, and then after
going into praying and fasting for God to provide a trustworthy person to
us, it happen that you are the one.
I am miss Manuel Tureh from Abidjan in Republique of Cote d Ivoire. My late
Parents Chief Dr and Lolo Ahmed tureh, who was into cocoa/Cotton export,
died last year after a brief accident. Before the death of our father he
deposited total sum of Us$ 22.4 million in a bank here in Cote d'Ivoire
registered into a non- resident account belonging to his foreign partner (No
name was mentioned). The fund was deposited and registered to belong to a
foreign partner, because as a politial, he will not deposit or transfer such
fund with his name in any bank here, for security purposes.
Please, I want you to focus your mind in this transaction for this is risk
free , legal an Genuine business. I and my junior brother ask for your
assistance and permission to submit your name as my late father foreign
partner for release of this fund and transfer into your account in your
country for safe keeping and investment. I humbly ask for you to response to
this email immediately with your Tel/Fax numbers to enable me forward to you
all the neccessary documents concerning this deposit and the fund origin.
So as to conclude this transaction under 15 good working days. My Junior
brother and I have conclude to give you 10 % of the total money after the
transfer of the fund into your account for your noble assistance,then you
will also assist us to invest and manage the fund and to earn 30% of the
annual income, we also maped out 5% of the total fund for any expenses that
may occur during the transfer or the investment .
Note that this is the only hope of my brother and me therefore try to keep
it confidential for the security of this money and our dear life.
Waiting for your urgent response.Please do not fail to respond in this our
private email manuel.tureh001@hotmail.com

Best regards
Miss Manuel Tureh

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