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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: sandra jecob <sandrajecob_0010@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: sandrajecob_009@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 21:52:44 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Sandra. Jecob.


West Africa.

Dearest Beloved One,

I think you may be surprised about this letter or how I linked to you as a person you have never seen before in your life, but I believe that is better for someone to open up his/her feelings than to die up in silence.

Briefly, my name is Sandra Jecob from Ivory Coast , West African region. I am just a 22 years girl ( University Student), I wish to express my life history to you in other to obtain assistance from you to retrieve my inheritance fund which my parents acquired on my behalf.

My dear, I am seeking your help to retrieve the fund my late father deposited in the custody of a security company here in my city, Abidjan Ivory Coast. My father was a healthy man in his days,my late father dealed on female horses in his days, he operated in Middle east, such as Australia and
Newzerland etc. My father named Mr. Clement Jecob who lived in Middle East in his days in earlier 1976.

My father came home to his mother home Abidjan, Ivory Coast on Jully 2004 with sum of 9,500,000.00 USD (NINE Million, FIVE Hundred Thousand USD) he made after his distribution on female horses to horse Ridders in Spain, Mexico and Korea. When my father came home with the sum of 9,500,000.00 USD
(NINE Million, FIVE Hundred Thousand USD) he made after his savings in Middle East, he was shot by group of Armey robbers on his way to visit my late mother's family, my father was unconcious after the close range gun shot by the group of the Armed Robbers, immediately after this incident
occured, an urgent information was passed to me as the only daughter of the famiy. I then took him to my private medical doctor while on our way going he began to explain to me all his assets in Australia and in Abidjan the home Town.

I did not constrated on his assets in Australia for the fact that I was just 19 years by then and also a studtent, I told my father to forget all his assets in Australia and tell me about his assets in my City Abidjan, he then told me that he has a metallic save box containing the sum of
9.500,000.00 USD (NINE Million, FIVE Hundred Thousand USD) in a security company here in Abidjan, I was shocked when he told me all this details in the hospital, he instructed me to go back home and bring his suit case where all the documents of the deposit were filed with my name as the
beneficiary of the save box, but my greatest surprise was that immediately I brought the suit case to his hospital bed my father couldn't speak any more, then the nurses drove me out from the hospital room, after 20 munites the next news I heard is that my father is dead.

This was how I appear as an orphan after the burial of my father, I couldn't be able to continue my study any more, even live comes so difficult to me this days to the extend that I have been drove from my universtity Campus for the reason that I cannot be able to pay the cost and the
accomodation for my study. Please I really desire your help to retieve the fund from the custody of the security company to your care in your country so that I will travel to meet you over ther to continue my study and also invest the fund after my education in your country.

All the relevant documents of the $9.5 (Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand dollars) that was deposited in a security company are intact with me now.

I am willing to offer you any percentange of your wish provided my life is restored for my future. Please reply me this letter as soon as possible, I will give you more details and the information of the security company where this fund deposited.

Thanks for your attention to my letter

Ms Sandra Jecob.








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