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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: tissa baconey <tissa_baconey25@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <tissa_baconey22@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:37:28 +0000
Subject: From Mrs Tissa Baconey & Son. Read and get back to us.



From Mrs Tissa Baconey & Son.Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire.West Afrique.
Good Day.
My Name is MRS.TISSA BACONEY a citizen of Sierra-Leone. A widow being that I lost my late husband couple of months ago. When my late husband was alive he was dealing with international REAL ESTATE agency until his death. My late husband CHIEF BACONEY C. WILLIAMS left behind a total sum of (US$ 15.500.000 FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE HOUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS) in a bank in Cote D'Ivoire, Which he told me to look for a good foreign partner and invest this money with our only Son. Though I have not met with you before but I believe, one has to risk confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life.
Why I contact you is the pressure from my decease husband family brother's for this wealth has compelled me to leave his village with our only son and travel to Cote d’Ivoire wear the money is deposited, for the fact that I don't want my late husband family brother's to be aware of this transaction because of the amount involve and for the future life of our only Son.
My late husband deposited the money in the bank for the purpose of foreign investment on real estate/transport industry with his foreign partner. Now that we are in Cote D'Ivoire Abidjan. We have been able to locate the bank where the money was deposited. Also approached the bank and presented to them the entire document my late husband left including his death certificate which also bears my name as the next of kin.
I want to follow the instruction of my late husband to invest the money with our only son in your country, I will like to invest part of the money into any of these three investments plan in your Country as bellow. But if there is any other business with good profit. That is better than what I am suggesting, we will be very glad to follow your advice.
1). Real estate2). Transport industry3). Hotel
I humbly request you to participate in this transaction and also give me professional directives by –1.) Providing the bank account where the money will be transferred.2.) Assisting my son and me to invest this money in your country.3.) To serve as the guardian of this fund also stand as the foreign investor.
If you are in interested and willing to assistance us. We will be pleased to offer you 20% of the total sum as compensation for your effort /input after the successful transfer of this fund to your nominated account. Why the balance will be for the investment. We will like to have your telephone and fax numbers for easy communication. Also to enable us forward you with the necessary document regarding this transaction. May the almighty God bless you. As you will come for our rescuer.
I await your soonest response. Respectfully yours.Mrs Tissa Baconey & Son.Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire.
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