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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: florence wilson <florencewilson453@web.de>
Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 14:04:25 +0200
Subject: Asslamualaikum


Asslamualaikum
From Malik And Sister.
Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
West Africa.
Dear Respectful.
Warm greetings to you and your family in the name of God. I introduce my s=
elf to you with all faith, trust and hope you will understand to assist us=
not to betray us at the end.=20
I was 20 Years old boy when my father died in a gold mine in MENDE, Republ=
ic of Serria Leone .He was into legal gold minning,he has succeded in savi=
ng the sum of Ten million,five hundred thousand United State Dollars.USD($=
10.500,000)deposited in a Bank in Abidjan for security reason during his B=
usiness on Gold, before he went on a trip to Republic of Cote D'Ivoire Wes=
t Africa near by country to our country to save his money for security rea=
sons because of the political problem in our country. Since the death of o=
ur father our step mother has been trying to kill us, she has been given u=
s a lot of problem and she have collected every thing from us and now she =
still need the deposit certificate to claim this fund but I can't give thi=
s to her because is all we have to leave with. I am 22 years while my sist=
er Fatim is 20 years old of age we still need to go to school and have a b=
etter education and start a new life. Our step mother knows that our dad h=
as such money but she don't know where exactly the fund is been deposited.=
Right now we are hiding in a refugee camp in Ivory Coast. Our father used=
my name 'Malik Ahmed'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 exc=
ept me and my younger sister Fatim. We need help from you to asist us to t=
ransfer this money to your country for investment and who will be sincere =
to invite us to his country without cheating us or doing bad to us on my a=
rrival with my sister,we are willing to offer you 15% of the total sum aft=
er the transfer of the fund to your cuntry as compensation for your effort=
/input. Please mail me urgently to know your stands before looking for hel=
p elsewhere, you're the first person we are contacting in this isseu. Plea=
se permit me to ask, can you honestly help us as your own people and can w=
e completely trust you=3F We are kindly requesting for this vital informatio=
n from you if you agreed to assist us out of our problem: (1) Your full na=
me (2) Your Personal telephone number and fax(3)bank informations so that =
i will forward it to our late fathers bank to comence the transfer,I will =
also want you to tell us more about yourself in your reply to our letter t=
o you. Thank you for your signify interest to assist me and my sister. Hop=
ing to hear from you soon. May God bless you and preserve our friendship i=
n good faith.call me on +22507184489=20
Best regards
Malik And Sister
(Fatim)



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