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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: Deborah Fofana <deborahfofana369@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <deborahfofana3@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:23:05 +0200
Subject: From Mrs Deborah Fofana



From Mrs Deborah FofanaMukani District of Sierraleone,West Africa.
Attn. Good FriendI am writting to seek for your noble and profeesional assistance in investing fund my late husband who died and left behind. By introduction, I am Mrs Deborah Fofana a citizen of Mukani district in Republic of Sierra Leone and wife of late Mr Fofana Camara. Mr Fofana Camara my late husband was a well known business Coccoa / Diamond dealer in the whole west Africa before he died.
After his return business trip from Abroad he was attacked by unknown assassine in his house in Abidjan where he was rushed to the hospital and later died after some days. (May his soul rest in peace) Before he died in the hospital he disclosed to me about the metalic trunk box that contains sum of ten million eight hundred and fifty thousand u.s dollars ($18,850.000.00) he deposited in a private security storage company in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. According to my late husband he deposited the money and also instructed me to claim the money and invest it overseas there with a trustworthy Person/company for our future life. So because of the political crises in this country and from the instructions, gives me the courage to contact you to know if you can be able to give me a good assistance in which the metalic trunk box that contains the money will be lifted to your country for a lucrative investments you will advice in your country or somewhere you will introduce. I have contacted the director of the security storage company and make an enquiries with all the related documents issued to my late husband at the time he deposited the metalic trunk box and confirm it real. Please I am appealing to you to assist me hence I have it in mind to establish a rewarding relationship with you by giving you 20% of the total sum. Because of this programe I and my first son (Desmond) have decided to seek for your assistance. Note that immediately the trunk box that contains the money is been lifted to your possesion you will then make arrangement for our coming over to meet you for the investment. Please help a widow woman like me as you will never have any thing to regret. Looking forward to receive your positive response. Thanks and Remain blessed.Mrs Deborah and my Son Desmond Fofana
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