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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: Cynthy B <c.ynthibariii@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: cynthiibarii@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:31:11 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Greeting From Cynthia ::


Hello Dear,

Good day, I hope all is well with you, Thanks be to God.

May God bless you as you listen to me, I am Miss Cynthia the only daughter of late Mr & Mrs Cyril Bari, It's my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to establish in your country under your gardiance,Though I have not met with you before but I believe one has to risk, confiding in someone to succeed in this life.

Please my dear do not be embarassed. There is a huge amount of money Six million, Three hundred thousand United State Dollars (6,300,000.00 U.S.A dollars) which I inherited from my late father and i will like to invest it under your care if you can be honest to me.

Before the death of my father, he disclose to me about the diplomatic money he deposited in a [security company] containing US {$6.300,000} in abidjan the capital city of my country and he use my name as next of kin and the original document of deposit is intact. I want you to help me to retrieve this my only inheritance out of the security company into your country for the investment. I am planning to invest this money in your country under your gaurdian as i said befor if you will be honest to me.

I also understand from my late father that real estate management and buying of properties is a very nice and profitable investment, so i suggest that we invest this money into a real estate management and buying of properties, what do you say about this? Do you have an idea of it or any other investment that will be profitable to us in your country as soon as the trunk box is retrieved from the security company.

My dear, bear in mind that my life depend on this box and I do hope that this box will be save when it is finally delievered to you.

I want you to understand that the security officials do not know that the box conatins money because my late father deposited the box under their custody for save keeping as a family valuables.

I will give you more information about this, Therefore, tell me little about your self and i will also be happy if you can send me your telephone number and a coppy of your picture so that i will know you in person and also go to the security company and introduce you to them as my gaurdian for us to know what next to do and how the box will be delievered to you.

I do hope of establishing a rewarding and good relationship with you and your family as soon as i join you for the investment and to start my new life, Remember I will be countnueing my education while you handle and control the investment untill i finish my education.

My Dear, I am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as compensation for your efforts/ input after the success of this transaction, and you will handle and control the investment of the rest of the money while i continue my education.


I am 22 years old, Single and also a christain but I was ment to know that a woman has no religion untill she is under a man or family. I promised to abide to any religion that you and your family are into.

I am waiting to hear from you as soon as possible.

Best regard.
Miss Cynthia Bari.


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