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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: faith philip <faithb2philip@yahoo.ca>
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 05:16:07 -0500 (EST)
Subject: from faith


Dear Sir

Almighty blesses you for your kind response and I know God in his infinite mercy will bring some one honest and nice to me and will never fail you and i also know that this we lead us to long term realationship if possible marrage.

I am Faith Philip i am 24 years old , the only daugther of late Chief PHILIP MATHIEU of kouassi royal Family who is the Chief Kindred of our community and a wealthy Cocoa Merchant here in Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire being the highest Cocoa producer in the World. My Father is doing Exportation of the Cocoa Crushed Seed to Abroad which he harvested from his Cocoa plantation Farm areas here in our home town called (Soubre in Sub-Oust of Cote D'Ivoire) before he was poisoned to death on the last 29th December 2005 by


some of our Family relatives during the end of Year Family meeting celebration as a result of envy because he inherited the Chief title with the Cocoa plantation Farm from his Father being the Ex-Chief of our community (Soubre) before he died on the 17th June 1987 , while my Mother
died during delivering of pregnancy which could have been her second child When I was a baby according to what my Father told me and after then my Father took me so special because I am his only begotten daughter and he cannot remarry again because it is against the Christian religion,


Before the death of my late Father on the 29th December 2005 in a private hospital here in Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire . He secretly called me on his hospital bed and reviled to me about the Huge Fund in one Metallic Wire -let which he deposited in the Security Company here in Abidjan capital of the country which he advised me to get a foreign partner to assist me transfer it to another country for security reasons and also gave me the documents
warning me to be very careful with it because even the Director of the Security Company does not know the content of the Metallic Wire-let because he declared it as family belongies which is in the Wire-let.

So I will want this to be confidential between you and I.

In his sick bed he also explained to me that it is because of his position in the kindred with the wealth of his inherited Cocoa Plantation Farm from his Father that he was being poisoned by some of our Family relatives and should he not survive with this illness that I should quickly seek for
a foreign person who will be my guardian in any of my Country choice where the Money will be transfer for my future living and the person that I may
choose will make use of the Money to take care of me by establishing a good investment with the Money on my name over there he also directed me where
the document of money was kept so it is in my possession.

Now, I am into living in one Christian Pentecostal Church in one interior village here where none of our Late Father's Family relatives will locate me because they are trying to wipe away my Late Father's name in existence in other for them to have claim his wealth that is why I took advised from one of my school mate and went into hiding in the Church which he is a member and seek your help as my spirit has directed me to look for a guardian for my life with the Money as my Father advised me in his hospital bed before he died that morning I am seeking for your Godly assistance to me in the following ways.
1) To he full information ,example, private telephone and fax number ,postal address and your full name

2) To serve as my guardian and also take care of my and also my money
3) To make an arrangement for me to come over there in your Country to
further my Educations and continue my life with your assistance.
4) I will give you 15 % for your help
I plead for your honesty to me that I will be well and save in your hand after the Metal Wire-let get transfer to your own country.

Please note also that immediately you receive the money in your country you will help me come over and settle down in your country and further my education. I beg God for his guidance and direction through this transaction. The address that i am now is the EGLISE DE DIEU KHOROGO COTE D, IVOIRE and let me know if you want to talk with me so that i will give you the pastor contact phone so that you can call me because i do not have a phone.

Please as I told you before this is important documents attached with my picture and identity and please let us keep this transaction confidential till you receive the Metallic Wire-let which contains the fund into your country so sir always write me through this email address it is private.

God bless you as you help me,

Faith.




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