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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: "justine nfah" <justinenfah@klikni.cz>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 13:11:54 +0000
Subject: FROM JUSTINE NFAH.


FROM JUSTINE NFAH.
PLOT 124 RUE 19 COCODY 01.
ABIDJAN COTE D' IVOIRE.
EMAIL nfahjustine@yahoo.fr

Dearest One,

For sure this mail would definitely come to you as a surprise, but do take
your good time to go through it, My name is Justine Nfah, from Sierra Leone.
I lost my father a year and couple of months ago. My father was a serving
director of the Agro-exporting board until his death.

He was assassinated by the rebels during the political uprising in my
Country. Before his death, he made a deposit of US$8.5 Million Dollars here
in Cote d'Ivoire which was for the purchase of cocoa processing machine and
development of another factory before his untimely death.

Being that this part of the world experiences political crises time without
number, there is no guarantee of lives and property. I cannot invest this
money here any long, despite the fact it had been my late father's
industrial plans.

I want you to do me a favour to receive this funds to in your country or any
safer place as the beneficiary, I have plans to invest this money in
continuation with the investment vision of my late father, but not in this
place again rather in your country. I have the vision of going into real
estate and industrial production.

I am compensating you with 20% of the total Amount, now all my hope is
banked on you and I really wants to invest this money in your country, where
there is stabilities of Government, political and economic welfare.

I will be waiting for your urgent response as to give you more details.
Thanks and remain blessed
Justine Nfah.

EMAIL nfahjustine@yahoo.fr

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