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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: liliane cynthia Brown <liliane_c14@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:06:39 +0100 (CET)
Subject: NEED YOUR HELP


Hello Dear,

I excuse myself this intrusion but I come by this email to entrust a subject to you which is expensive and confidential for me. I have a proposal to make you; of this fact I make a point of explaining you the nature of my problem.

I frankly do not make a point Of obtaining a help on condition nor to oblige you to help me for some or unspecified reason. I make a point of saying to you that nothing obliges you to honour this business, but if God carries out my wishes and that you help me to regulate my problem.

I Name myself Liliane Cynthia Brown and I am 25 years old and I am the only girl of Mr. Peter Brown, I live now in Ivory Coast in Abidjan. My father was honourable Walking of Diamond Gross collected on mines extractions and also actuated in the trade of the coffee and the Cocoa in the economic capital of the ivory dimension and on the zone of West Africa.

Before its death February in a hospital deprived here in Abidjan it secretly called me on its side of bed and it explained me that it deposited the sum of eight million, seven hundred miles $ (the USA $ 8.7, 000,000) in an agency of safety here in Abidjan and had named me Héritière. he was assassinated by the unknown people during this war in ivory coast.

Now I decided to invest the these money in your country or anywhere rather sure Africa outside for the political safety and reasons I ask you Your humble comprehension and for your wisdom, to help itself to leave my problem and to transfer them in your personal account in your country for goal of investment on these sectors:

1) Telecommunication

2) industry and Transport

3) hotel 5 stars

4) real I ask you for this help with all the fear and certain doubts for this reason I would like that you answer me sincerely and that you say to me if you tighten in the possibility of helping me to regulate my problem with your sincerity and your honesty.

Allow me maintaining to pose with those few questions:

1. Can you honestly help me as a my saver?

2. Then I to trust you completely?

3. Which percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you after the box is in your possession? Please, consider this and to give, me an answer.

I wait to read again you . I would not take a negative answer badly and I would include/understand very well, also the offer of your assistance of the bottom of the heart.

I await your response to soon.

Miss liliane cynthia Brown

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