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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: jarry mangus <jarry_mangus285@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <mr_jarrmangus@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 13:23:20 +0200
Subject: GOOD DAY,FROM Mr Marc kolo







GOOD
DAY,FROM Mr Marc kolo

Cocody Cités des Arts,

Abidjan--Cote D Ivoire







I beg your
excuse for the inconveniences that this mail may cause to you.

IT IS MY
SINCERE DESIRE TO RELATE TO YOU THIS IMPORTANT BUSINESS,COUNTING SO MUCH ON YOUR
GOOD SENCE OF UNDERSTANDING,AND BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL NEVER LET ME DOWN
EITHER NOW OR IN

FUTURE.



My name is
Mr Marc kolo , I work with one of the local Banks here in Abidjan Cote d
Ivoire. I am the personal accounts manager to one Engr. Norman.R LEE, who owned
a construction company here in Ivory Coast (Cote Ivoire).My client, his wife,
and their three children were involved in the ill fated Kenya Airways crash in
the coasts of Abidjan in (30 January 2000) which all passengers on board died.



Since the
death of my customer, I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate
any of my clients extended relatives but has been unsuccessful. After several
unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name over the internet, to
see if I could locate any member of his family hence I came across your
contact.



Of
particular interest is this huge deposit with our bank here in, where the
deceased has an account valued at about US$35 million United States dollars. Being the

personal
a/c manager of the deceased's bank account, the bank has issued me a notice to
provide the next of kin/beneficiary or else the bank will declare the account
unserviceable and thereby forfeit the funds to the bank treasury.



Since I
have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over the past 2 years
now,I hereby seek your consent (with due respect and honour) to present you as
the next of kin to the deceased since you have the same last names with him, so
that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you and then you and I will
share the money 50 / 50.All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us
seeing this deal through.



However, I
urgently need you the following information from you which I have to plase in
the computer file of the deceased as next of kin/beneficiary: -1- your full
name, -2- your date of birth -3- resident address.and i will like you to send
me your telephone and tex for easy communication





I guarantee
that this will be executed under all legitimate arrangement that will protect
you from any breach of the law.



Need you be
interest, kindly reach me via my private email as indicated above for further
details.

Thanks in
advance as I anticipate your maximum cooperation in this regards.



Mr Marc kolo




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