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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: Belinda Guei <belindaguei1@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 03:20:09 -0700
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE URGENTLY


From Belinda Guei
Tel: 002289446623
Alternative Email: belinguei@yahoo.com

Dear one,

I am interested in your partnership in a business deal This business proposal I wish to intimate you with is of mutual benefit and its success is entirely based on mutual trust.

I am Mrs Belinda. Guei, the wife of the late former military president of Cote d'IVoire(GUEI ROBERT)in West Africa who was murdered by the present president on site now.

After the murder of my beloved husband, they have been finding way to take me out from this earth, i quickly took my children and ran away to Lome Togo where i relocated. Right now we are hiding in a refugee camp in lome,Togo.

My late husband used my son's name as the next of kin to the deposited fund. And we ran away with the deposit document,so nobody have access to the money now except me and my two children. We need help from you to asist us to transfer this money to your country for investment and you will be sincere enough to invite us to your country without cheating us or doing bad to us, on my arrival with my two children,we are willing to offer you 20% of the total sum after the transfer of the fund to your country as compensation for your effort .

Before the death of my beloved husband he made fortune and deposited two trunk boxes containing each USD7,000,000 amounting to US$14,000,000.00 million DOLLARS(Fourteen Million United States Dollars), he secretely deposited in a security company in Lome Togo as valuable family treasure to his foreign partners which no body knows about it, but only i as his wife knows every thing concern, and he did it so for security purpose because the security company did not know that it was huge amount of money he deposited as valuable family treasure.

If you could be kind enough to help me to invest this money in any lucrative busines venture, i will be kind enough to offer you 20% of the total money, then 80% will be used to run the investment in your country through your advice and directives.

If you are interested to help contact me immediactry i have all documents related to this business which i will send to you .

I look forward to hear from you soon to proceed.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Belinda. Guei
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