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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: good baby <g_girl_500@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <gd1000c1@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:24:34 +0200
Subject: From: Miss Goodness George!!!



From: Miss Goodness George My Dearest One, Please Dear, Although we have not met before,But i have a proposal for you,Your profile pushed me to send you this mail,I am Miss Goodness george, the Daughter of late Mr Davis E George ,My Father was a highly international reputable business magnet-(a cocoa merchant) who operated in the capital of Ivory Coast,Abidjan during his days.It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in Europe during one of his business trips abroad last year.Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by an uncle of his who travelled with him at that time.But God knows the truth !. Before his death of my Father,he called me when he is the hospital and told me that he has the sum of 10million United State Dollars(USD$10,000,000.)and some of his rare coins collection,Was deposited with one of the leading Finance Bank house here in Abidjan.Hefurther told me that he deposited the money in my name as the next of kin and advice me to make an arrangement and move this money to any choosen country for investment. I am just a young lady and really don't know what to do,this is because of I have suffered a lot set backs as a result of political crisis here in Ivory coast.

My reason for contacting you, is for you to kindly assist me to transferred this money to your country through your account. I am also contacting you for your professional and internatoinal business advice and assistance on how I can move this assets to your country and my late Father made me to know that he entered Angreenment with the bank officials that it isonly his next kin will have every to and claim this money from the bank.please take note. The death of my Father actually brought sorrow to my life. I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards to help me out. Upon the discovery of this document, I travelled to the Cote D 'Ivorie to trace the bank and to make claims for the said money as the only surviving next of kin to my father. But deliberatley, I have kept all my uncles and Aunts out of the issue as none of them will be happy to knowI am in possession of such money. I have succeded in making the people at the bank believe that I am the next of Kin and all the documents related to this are now with me. I do not know what to do with it but I have decided to contact you to seek your assistance in helping me to take it out to your country or through your account, and help me to come to your country to continue my education and you will help me to get the money invested until such a time that Iwill be ready to begin to use it. I am really desperate as I am left alone now in the world. Let meknow what you want as compensation for helping me to solve this my problem. Most importantly,I seriously appeal that you maintain high level of secrecy and confidentiality in the whole thing. Importantly,I will enter school and continue my education while I will join any business of yourchoice with your initiatives and directives as a guadian when I grow up maturely to handle such money in your country. Now permit me to ask these few questions. 1. Can you honestly help me ? 2. Can I completely trust you? 3. What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you? Please,Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible. Thank you so much as you read this mail comprehensively and get back to me. My Sincere Regards,
Miss Goodness george
My Private Email : gd1000c1@yahoo.fr
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