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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: Princess Dickson <miss.p_d@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <briandprii@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:25:16 +0100
Subject: dDear One,Urgent / Assistance




dDear One,Urgent / Assistance

From: Princess Dickson
Abidjan, Republic of Ivory Coast



We are greeting you with all our heart and is ture' that we have not know each other,but it is with bleeding hearts and deep pains that led me and my beloved brother in taking this bold step of faith to reveal this private information to you without knowing who you are, but we believe after reading this letter, you would find space in your kind heart to assist us out of this situation.

Do kindly go through this letter because it means me and my brother's life, entire future. I was only 7 years old and my brother was 5 year old when our mother died of leukaemia, disease of the blood,and our father never remarried until after 5 years because of the painful death and also for his love for our late mother our father take good care of me and my younger brother because the second wife could not conceive, reason best known to her and our father.

We are the children of late, Mr Taylor Hassan Dickson, From KWATANATAL ZULU REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA by nationality, We and our late parents base in HARARE ZIMBABAWE' where our late Father was serving as the Chief director of Accountant of Gold & diamond to the western world Mining Corporation and he was once a wealthy Farmer.

On 12th.Febuary 2004, to be precise, on his way to visit his business associate our step mother and the driver,with our father were all shot by unknown men suspected to be assasins around 10 pm local time due to the political problem in this country, But the driver and our step mother died instantly on the spot of the incident even before reaching the nearest hospital and our father was rush to hospital, He spend Nine days before he died on 21th. Febuary 2004, Is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously But GOD knows the truth! we could never find enough and right words to explain uptill this very day, the memories that leads us into constant tears and pain,even as we are writing this letter to you, has not been the same.

Which we believe the cause of his death,arising from jealousy and hatred from relatives and business associates here as a result of his success and achievements in his field of business. Now our only hope,is to leave this country and travel to another country in any of the western world were we are not known to start a new life again because we can no more bear the pains of this great loss in this environment.

Meanwhile,before the death of our late father in the hospital He infomed us that he deposited the sum of Twelve Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars($12.5 Million). in one of the commercial Bank in (Abidjan IVORY COAST),That we should seek for a reliable person who will stand as his FOREIGN BUSINESS PARTNER ASSOCIATE for the Bank to transfer the money in his name.

I want you to help me and my younger brother to move out of this country because of the political trouble and lack of trust here. If you are sure and honest that you are not going to take advantage of our situation, just like our uncles have done to us because of not releasing our late father’s vital business documents to them.

Please kindly get in touch with us urgently for more details on how to proceed. We are totally frustrated that our whole mind for now lies on our survival which is securing this money out from this place. Please we are confiding completely in you and we really need your assistance at this point of our life as you alone knows of this venture.
Thanks for your kind anticipated positive reply.

Furthermore, we have managed to move out from ZIMBABAWE to the country where our late father deposite the money and we are camping at the United Nation Refeegu Camp of the Country due to the political problme for the security of our life.

Dear One,We are humbly seeking your assistance in the following ways. 1) To assist us in retriving this money from the bank.2) To serve as the guardian of our late father foreign partner to the bank for the money. 3) To make arrangement for us to come over to your country to further our education and to secure a residential permit in your country.

You can indicate your options towards assisting us as we believe that this transaction would be concluded within seven ( 7) working days you.


Thanks for your kind anticipated positive reply.Your's FaithfullyPrincess Dickson
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