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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: andrew yusuf <andrewyusuf24@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: andrewyusuf2000@aol.co.uk
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 11:00:21 +0100 (BST)
Subject: From Andrew Yusuf


Hello Dear,

Based on information I gathered about you from a very reliable source,I am very happy to send this message to you. I hope you will consider and give me urgent and favourable reply.

My name is ANDREW YUSUF,a citizen of Sierra-Leone,Son of late Dr,ANTHONY YUSUF,who before his death was the person managing the Sierra-Leone gold and diamond corporation (SGDC).

I hope you are aware of the war which has ravaged my country for the past years now. It was in one of these attacks by the rabels that led to the death of my father and my mother including two of my brothers.

I was terrified of the situation and because this I escaped from Sierra-Leone to Abidjan Cote D' Ivoire (Ivory Coast),into a refugee camp but brouth along with all vital document which my late father used in depositing consignment that contain the sum of $25 Million United State Dollars with a private security company firm here in Abidjan Cote D' Ivoire (Ivoire Coast).

For now, I have every information and document needed for collection of the deposit with the security conpany and I want you to act as the beneficiary of the deposit for easy and smooth collection of the consignment for onward transfers to your account abroad for investment popurses.

Since the breadwinner is no more and this is the only hope for life. your possitive response will give me the greatest joy and relief. My aim of contacting you is to seek for your able assistance as a front in trasfering this fund abroad into an account,then as a business devoloper,you can help me invest wisely in areas you deem lucrative and finally to obtain residential permit for me to stay comfortable in your country of abode.

Presently I cannot go back to Sierra-Leone because of the situation there and you know that Cote D'Ivoire(Ivoire Coast),where I now is politically unstable;I therefore wish you could help me out of here before it become worse.

My God bless you for the kind of assistance and I have agreed to offer you 20% of the total sum.

Finally I implore you to treat this transaction with secrecy and confidentiality for security reasons.

I am are seriously waitting your possitive and urgent reply.

Thanks,may God guard and protect you.

Regards.

ANDREW YUSUF.

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