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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: bianca kiros <bianca_kiros0046@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <bianca_kiros_101@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:57:42 +0000
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE




From: Mrs. Bianca KirosAbidjan-Cote D'IvoireWest Africa.

Dear Beloved, My name is Mrs. Bianca Kiros. The wife of late Mr. James T. Kiros who was the Cocoa exporting director here in Ivory Coast before he died in the year 2005. We were married for twenty years with one child called Johnson who is 16 year old. When my husband was alive we deposited the sum of Six Million United state Dollars (USD$6,000,000.00) with a Security Company Presently, this money is still in the Security Company, but my worried is recently my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next Two months due to my cancer Sickness, and since then my whole life has been a miserable one. Though what disturbs me most is my stroke condition, I need a Godly person who will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct, to use some part of the money for charity and orphanage and to invest the rest of the money for good business in your country so that my son will have a better future. I also took this decision because my husband relatives are not honest with my husband when he was alive, they are enemies of progress and they don’t have the fear of God in them, they are not Godly and I have to avoid them having any idea about this fund. I want my son to inherit this money but he can not carry out this alone due to his younger age with his low mentality and to keep away from any mistake of my late husbands relatives having any idea of this deposit because the are always around us to monitor our movements to see if there is still any hidden treasure, property or money. This is why I take this bold decision to contact you personally as a foreigner for assistance, so that the Compnay can transfer the money out of this Country in your name as my foreign partner once I present you. As soon as I hear from you I shall direct you to the Security Company here where the money was deposited with all the informations. Please I want you and your family to always pray for my healing and to always be prayerful to God in all the days of your life. The God is our strength and with God all things are possible. I will be expecting to hear from you soonest. Sincerely, Mrs. Bianca Kiros.
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