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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: DENIS AND CLARA NMBEKE <denisc_n50@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <c_denisnmbeke@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 12:54:38 +0200
Subject: MAY PEACE BE WITH YOU



FROM DENIS AND CLARA NMBEKE AVENUE 12 RUE 47 ABIDJAN DANANI REFUGEE CAMP, ABIDJAN REPUBLIC OF COTE-D‘IVOIRE Please contact us through this our private EMAIL ADDRESS. ( c_denisnmbeke@yahoo.fr ) PLEASE YOU CAN ALSO REACH US THROUGH OUR PHONE ( +225 08 69 59 44 ) Dear, Good Day and God bless as I introduce my self to you with all faith and hope you will understand us and not to betray us at the end. I have the intention to introduces myself to you My name is DENIS the only son and my sister‘s name is CLARA NMBEKE the only daughter, We are the children of late CHIEF BENSON NMBEKE. I am 23 Years old, our father died about 3 years ago in a gold mine in MENDE, Republic of Serria Leone . He was into legal solid minerals, diamonds and gold mining sale, he has succeeded in saving $11.4 millions dollars (eleven million four hundred thousand U.S. Dollars) which he packaged and consile it in a metallic truck box and deposited it in one of the house keeping savings in Abidjan Ivory Coast here, This money is revenues from legal solid minerals, diamonds and gold mining sale, which were under my fathers possession before the civil war broke out. Following to the break out of the war, almost all government offices, cooperation's and parastatals were attacked and vandalized. During our late father‘s business on Gold, before he went on a trip to Republic of Cote D‘Ivoire near by country to our country to save his money for security reasons because of the political problem in our country unfortunately rebels kills him and our mother took us to Abidjan Ivory Coast here and during the war in our country Our mother sustained very sever bullet injuries which resulted to her untimely and painful death in a private hospital here in Ivory Coast.

Now we are alone in a totally strange country without parents, relatives or any body to take care of us at our tender ages. Before our mother died, she told us that our father deposited some money which he made from diamonds and gold mining sale, In one of the security company here in Abidjan, our mother made us to understood that my late father packedged this money inside a matellick truck box and consile it very well before he deposited it in the security company, Agian she told us one of the secreat idea which our late father made to the company, our father didn’t let the security company to know the true contents of the consignment box in their custody, she said that the security company did not know the real contents of the box in their custody, Rather my father told the security company that the real contents of the consignment is full of carpintering act work equipment for exporting to any of his for eign business partneer, and our late father made this idea to the security company for the security purpose to secure his money very well that is the reason, So my mother advice us that we should do praying and fasting to find a trust worthy person who will help us to stand as our late fathers foreign business partner, who would help us to claim this consignment out from the security company and move it out of this country to he or her country and invest this money in profitable business venture in his country or elsewhere and also help us to come over to he/her country and stay with him as his own blood children, She told us to do this quickly so that we can leave Ivory Coast and then settle down abroad because of the political problems here in ivory coast. She gave us all the vital documents that covers the consignment in the security company here in abidjan and she told us that our father used my name as the only son to deposited the consignment as next to kin. She told us that this is the reason why we came to Ivory Coast. My mother died after worlds. May her spirit rest in perfect peace. I have gone to make inquires about this consignment in the security company and I spoke with the director of the security company who assured me that everything is intact and promised to help us to release this consignment to any of my fathers foreign business partners immediately within 72 working hours as soon as we provide our fathers foreign business partners details to their security company. But our father did not introduce any name to security company for the security reasons so any name will be highly accepted to the company, However, the manager is very concerned because of our age. I am 23 years why my younger sister is 19 years and as he advised that we should look for a matured and trust worthy person that will represent me at the company.

We need help from you to help us move this money to your country after then you can lodged it in your account for investment and who will be sincere to invert us to his country as his own blood children with out cheating us or doing bad to us on my arrival with my younger sister to his country, Please if you are willing to assist us, please let us know immediately so that you will arrange the transfer of the consignment to your country, In accodiance with my mothers advise, I‘m willing to give you 20% of the total money from the consignment after the claiming out and move the consignment to your country and also give you 15% extra for any expense you incurs in this claiming, I am interested in any profitable business or commercial venture which you consider very good in your country or abroad to inverst this money and you would also get a school for me and my younger sister so that we can finish our college education which termineted during the war crises in our country. Please there is urgent need for this money to be claim and move to your country because of the political crises they are having here in Cote d‘Ivoire now. We are hoping to hear your urgent response. please mail us immediately urgent to know your stands before we looking else where because you are the first person we are contacting and also send your phone number as soon as possible to enable us to beat the said time. Now permit us to ask these few questions:- 1. Can you honestly help us as your own person? 2. Can we completely trust you? 3. Hope our percentage offer is good accepted by you? Please, Treat this email confidential and get back to us as soon as possible. Thank you and may God bless you and your dear family. Yours Sincerely, Denis and Clara Nmbeke
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