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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: Victor Suzan <victorszn5@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <victorszn@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:04:05 +0100
Subject: From Victor & Suzan,



Dearest one,
Good day and God bless you, We are Victor and Suzan from Sierra Leone. We are writing you now, from Rep of Cote 'Ivory where we have been taking refuge after the brutal war and murder of our parents by the rebels during the renewed fighting in our country.

Because of the war our late Father sold his shipping company and took us to a nearby country Cote d'Ivoire where he deposited US$ 14.5 Million in consignment with a security company in cote d’ ivory, with one of the security company here in Cote d'Ivoire.
Please, we got your profile from a site and due to the current political situation in Ivory Coast we are seeking for your assistance to transfer this consignment into your country, if you will not betray us when the consignment box gets to your country.

So we can also relocate to your country to further our study and we are willing to offer you 15% of the total sum for your help.
As soon as we receive your reply , we shall give you the contacts of the security company to contact them as our guardian and the trustee.

Thanks and God bless you.
Victor and Suzan
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