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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: Miss Flora Jaliba <f_jaliba4@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <f_jaliba@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:24:30 +0200
Subject: Please reply back, From Flora.



Dearest One,
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I know this email may come to you as a surprise, since we have not met or written before. Introducing myself, I am Miss Flora Jaliba, 18 years of age the only Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Jaliba, My father was a Gold and cocoa merchant based in Abidjan (Ivory Coast), He was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their business trips.


Before the death of my father on 2006 in a private hospital here in Abidjan, he secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of USD$6.450M (Six Million Four Hundred And Fifty Thousand U.S D kept in a silver trunk box and was deposited in a Security company here in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, that he used my name as his only Daughter for the next of kin in depositing the fund.
He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where to invest the fund when released to us and use it for investment purpose such as expansion of his existing cocoa business and real estate management or any business you may adivise to do in your country that will be profitable.
I am humbly seeking your assistance in the following ways:

1)To assist me in keeping this transaction confidential as I don't want a third party to know about it.
2)To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am still 23 yrs without business ideal.

3)To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to help me secure a residential permit in your country.
Moreover, I am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/input after the successful of the transaction, while 5% will be set aside to offset any expenses we may occur. Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within the shortest possible time if you signify interest to assist me.
God bless you.

Yours sincerely,

Miss Flora Jaliba.
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