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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: daniel cisse <daniel_cisse@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <daniel_cisse01@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:24:42 +0000
Subject: I NEED YOUR URGENTE REPLY


Hello,

I am one of the Persons in charge for the tickets of exchange at the Department of the international Handing-over in Togo. I write to request your assistance and assistance to carry out a confidential transaction.

I discovered an abandoned account of a sum of 11.500.000 dollars (Eleven Million Five Hundred and Thousand Dollars) pertaining to a foreign customer who is deceased with all his family in the crash landing of the Harmony in the year 2000 in Paris in which almost all the passengers lost their life.

Since we received this information, we hope that a Recipient comes to claim the funds because our bank cannot give this money to somebody, except if the person sends a request to the bank as on a relation of being well disappeared as the constitution of the bank indicates it; but unfortunately we noticed that the recipient also had died together with him because they travelled together.

It with is thus discovered EC information which I decided to propose to you this business so that this money is given to you like recipient or a relation of the owner of the account so that I come to recover afterwards as nobody will come to claim it until celà will be to pour in the trunks of the treasury of the bank.

The banking constitutions require so that any account which remains without operation during three years successive be versed in the trunks of the treasury of the bank like melt not claimed.

The need for a foreign partner in another country as recipient occurs in this business owing to the fact that the owner of the account is a foreigner and a Togolese cannot never be his final recipient. We offer to give you as a our foreign partner following this transaction, a percentage of 25 percent, 5 percent of the funds transfer will be used for refunding from all the expenditure which will be accumulated during the transfer if it is necessary and the 70 percent remaining return to me. I will join you in your country after the Transfer for the withdrawal according to the percentage surmentionnés.

In addition, in order to facilitate the transfer as soon as possible, you will send a request directly to the bank as being a relation of the owner of the account by indicating your complete address, telephones and fax for a constant and effective communication between us. As of the reception of your answer, I will send to you by email or fax the text of the request. I must as reassure you as this transaction is without any engagement and free of any risk and you should not be any afraid because all arrangements are taken of our with dimensions so that all occurs very well. Please answer me quickly the following address: daniel.cisse2007@yahoo.fr because I count on you to carry out has end this transaction.

Receive my sincere greetings.

Mrs Daniel CISSE


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