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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: Celine Buakie <celisbie020@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: celisbie@yahoo.co.in
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:56:05 +0100 (BST)
Subject: I need your assistance & ideas


Dear,

I got your contact in my earnest search for a reliable and God's fearing person whom I can entrust,not only that,but to have you as a good friend. When I got your email I was motivated to go down on my knees,and i prayed over it, later my mind convinced me to write to you.

I am Miss Celine Buakie from Liberia. I am 22 years old.My father and I escaped from our country to the neighbouring country, Ivory Coast at the heat of the civil war in my country, after loosing my mother and my only brother in the war.My father was a rich cocoa merchant in west Africa .He was in Accra Ghana, to negotiate for the purchase of a very large field when he was double-crossed in his car by some unknown armed persons/ assassins who robbed and sprayed bullets on him. He survived this just for only two days & he gave up. His death has now exposed me to danger as Ivory Coast is not safe for me as a foreigner.

My father confided in me so much as his only suviving companion on earth,hence he lost my mother & only brother under 3months,i keep his important documents for him,in one of important family discussions he gave me his bank papers for safe keep, though i didn't know what it was all about till one day we were having important discussion,that he called me & told me this is all he was able to save after the war though his business was not affected by the war,he was always outside the country.He deposited the total sum of twelve million four hundred thousand US dollars(US$12 400 000) in a top bank here in Abidjan. He said he used me (his only surviving child) as his next of kin to the deposit and should in case anything happen to him because of the high competition in his business,he cannot say what future will bring i should build myself up with this fund that i should look up for a reliable & trustworthy foreign partner to help me invest the money.Had it been he know of
his death,i believe he would have done all for me as his beloved daughter but it is unfortunate death stole stole his life accidently.

Since he died,I have confirmed from the bank all the documents he gave to me for the deposit & everything is in order.Now i went for this money but they showed me the documents my dad signed with them that I must be 25 years old before they can hand over the money to me personally.They said I should send them my birth certificate which I did and they told me that am still under the age my dad signed with them.They also told me that my dad made a provision that my guardian can manage the money on my behalf.

So this is where I need you because am suffering here without money and since he died I have stopped going to school. I have tried to locate any of my extended family members but all to no avail and this is why I have decided to contact you to assist me in getting the money out from the bank by standing as my Gudraian/Trustee. I want to introduce you to the bank as my guardian and foreign trustee based on trust and on condition that you will not deny me when you recieve the money on my behalf . You will also help me to invest the money in your country,and manage it on my behalf until I am able to complete my studies and stand on my own .Please help me.I have just told the bank that my guardian will contact them because I don’t want them to take advantage of me that I have no guardian.

I want you to stand for me as my guardian and contact the bank. Tell them you are my guardian and because of the crisis here, you want me to be with you where you can take better care of me. Tell them to transfer the money to you immediately. Please help save my life . I have no more money here and feeding is a big problem to me now. As soon as the money has been transfered, you will assist me with a letter of invitation that will make me get a visa to your country for residence in order to continue my education and to invest the fund in a viable business there. If possible, I'll prefer you come down here and after the release of the money, I will travel back with you.

This money will take care of me there without any problem and please I need you to manage this fund for me, as this is my last hope in life. I will be willing to offer you a reasonable percentage of the total money,by the time we come to agreement,if this is acceptable to you send me your contact address to enable me write to the bank informing them you are my guardian.


Yours Sincerely,
Celine.





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