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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: <linda_andrew022000@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 09:06:49 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Linda Andrew

From Linda Andrew;
Avenue 16 Rue 13nn
Trechville Abidjan 01
Ivory coast.

Contact Informations :
Telephone Number : +22509383061
Private email address : (linda_andrew022000@yahoo.co.jp)

Dear loved good one,

Please,Permit me to inform you of my mind, Because I have make up
my mind to write to you this way. however is not mandatory nor will
I in any manner compel you to honour against your will.I contacted you after so many fasting and prayers.i checked ur mesage details and i didn't hesitate to contact you due to it's esteeming nature and me showing interest that i want my late father's money transfered into your nominated bank
account,in your country.please read attentively and kindly contact me now for more details!.via: (linda_andrew022000@yahoo.co.jp)

I am a 22 years old lady now, i was born on the 28th of march,1985.
to the family of Andrew and my father name is Joseph he is a very
wealthy gold and cocoa merchant who based in ACCRA and here in ABIDJAN
respectively,and my mothers name is sherif.and I am there only
child.My mother died when i was a kid and my father took me so special because i am motherless and his only dauther and he shower all his love on me and promised me that he will never have another woman because he did not want me to for any problem.But fate doesn't allow,till my father died last
year.He was poisoned to death by his business associate and his blood brother,who happened to be my uncle.My uncle and my father business partnesr,was being suspected of killing my late father,because they went to that business trip together and it was on the essence,my late father got
poisoned.But only God almighty knows the truth.

But before the death of my father on the 12th September 2006 in a
private hospital here in Abidjan, he called me secretly to his bed side
and told me that he deposited the sum of US$10.500 000 (ten million five hundred thousand united states dollars) in a bank here my country,Abidjan,Cote D'ivoire.
meanwhile that he used my name as the next of kin in deposit of the funds.

He also explained to me that it was because of this money that he was
poisoned to death and that i should seek for foreign partner in a country of my choice where i would transfer this total money and use it for investment purpose, such as; real estate investment or stock market investment.

Please, i am honourably soliciting for your kind and urgent assistance in the following ways:
1) To provide a bank account where this money will be transfered into.
2) To serve as the guardian of these fund ,since i am 22 years old.
3)To make arrangement for me in your country to continue my educational career and to procure to me a residential permit in your country.

I am inclined to offer you 15% of the total sum as a mode of compensation for your effort after the successful transfering of these fund to your nominated account overseas.Please i will be very happy if this transaction will be concluded within three (3) working days from now.Please you have to
understand me,Even rightnow as i am writting you this message,tears are running out of my eyes.you need to understand how i feel and how much i miss my loving and caring parents.i am tired of staying in this country for my own security reasons.i want to transfer this my late father's fund into
your nominated bank account in your country and start my new life over there with you and your good lovely family.


Anyway,Let me stop here for my security reasons.Anticipating to hear urgently from you soon, Infact, i am seriously fasting and praying now, before writting you this letter, because, this money here is what is left for me and my life.I prayed you understand, because if anything happened to it,i
will beg for the rest of my life. so please try and help me out urgently.ok.

I am expecting to hear from you as soon as possible.

May Almighty God bless you as you do care for me Amen.

With My Best regard,

Linda Andrew.


N.B, please contact me through my private email id for more details(linda_andrew022000@yahoo.co.jp) Please for God's sake,Contact me immediately now as soon as you finish reading this message,ok.




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