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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: Louise Evans <sus000kris@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: louise0eva@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 13:26:21 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Ms Louise Evans,

Dearest One,


Good day and compliment of the season! Please do not be offended by this mail or the way I contacted you, it is the only way I can get to you considering my present situation in which I found myself.

My name is Louise Evans, 20 years from Sierra Leone. My father and I escaped from our country at the heat of the civil war after loosing my mother and two of my senior brothers in the war. As a result of the political instability in my country even after the war, my father established his cocoa
and coffee export business in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Before his sudden death on 20th March 2005 in a private hospital Abidjan, he called me on his bedside and told me that he deposited in a security company here in Abidjan City Cote d'Ivoire one trunk box containing US$ 9.5 million as family valuable and treasures for security reasons in the
security company custody, and he handed me all the vital documents as his only surviving daughter and he used my name as the next of kin in depositing the consignment. He advises me that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will invest the money.

Right now because of the upheaval political crisis here in Cote d棚voire, I found it unwise to invest this fund here in African countries I am asking for your assistance in transferring of this funds to your country where there is political stability for investment wise for my future.

I leave alone because I don稚 want the people who killed my late Father to kill me too. I will be very happy if you promised me that you will keep this secret until this money arrival in your care in your country. please I am contacting you for your assistance, to help me because i
don't have anyone in here to help me and I don't have money to travel from here to any country please I need your assistance to stand by me and and help me to transfer the box to your country for future investment.

My late Father did not declared the real content of the box to the security company officials.
He only told them that the box is containing family valuables. You are the only person I have sent this message across to and I will like you to keep the secret until this box arrive in your country. You have to promise me that you will not betray me when this fund is under your care. I will send
the documents and the security company contact to you once you accept to help me and. You have to give me your private phone and fax number to enable me to send the documents to you.

The money inside the trunk box is Nine Millions Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($9.5 Millions Dollars). I will offer you 10% for the total sum, if you help me and claim this box from the security company. You will also provide investment programme where this money will be invested properly when it
arrival your hand safely.
I wait to hear from you.
May God bless you.
Ms Louise Evans.




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