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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: kingsley nguessan <kingsleyn62@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <kingsnn3434@yahoo.dk>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:18:07 +0200
Subject: if you are willing to assist me,please let me know immediately you
received this mail



if you are willing to assist me,please let me know immediately you received this mail From: Kingsley & Elizabeth.Refugee Camp Yamussoukro.Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.please call us +22566199584
Dear respectful,Permit me to inform you of our desire of going into business relationship with you.I know you might be surprised on recieving this mail due to we have not met before By brief introduction , I am Prince Kingsley Nguessan, acitizen of Cote d'Ivoire and the senior Son of late Chief and Mrs. Thomas Nguessan. My lateparents were killed by the military rebels in my home town BOUAKE the second Economic Capital of Cote d'Ivoire during the recent political Crisis of 19th september 2002. My parents were wealthy Cocoa Merchants before t! hey were brutally assasinated by these rebels. Before their death in a private specialist hospital , my father secretly confided to me of the total sum of US$12.5 million dollars he deposited in one of the well known commercial banks here in Abidjan-Cote d'Ivoire to be transferred to the account of his foreign business partner for investment abroad in his proposed oil business wanted to established with the assistance of a foreigner as co beneficiary to Dear, I am honourably seeking your assistance to stand asact as guardian of the money and provide a bank account for the transfer of this fund into your bank on our behalf for our future development. And the amount is US$12.5million dollars. We have choosen you to assist us invest the money I will also like you to make arrangementWe have agreed to offer you 12.5% of the total sum as yourcompensation after the transfer is made into your accountPlease get back to us through the above email address withTelephone & fax numbers,to enable us send you the contactof the bank for you to contacts them, before the transferof the money into your account.Finally ,we are lying helplessly in the refugee camp Yamussoukro-Coted'Ivoire . We need your urgent attention to this transaction toenable the bank transfer this money to your account Please reply urgently.Expecting to hear from you.Best Regard and God Bless.Kingsley and Elizabeth

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