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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: "marie blaise" <marie.blaise@klikni.cz>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 13:04:17 +0200
Subject: From: Miss Marie Blaise.


From: Miss Marie Blaise.

Dearest One,

It is my pleasure to write you after much consideration, since I can not be
able to see you face to face at first, please I need your kind Assistance. I
am Miss Marie Blaise, the only Daughter of late Chief Phillip Blaise, a
Nationality of Cape Verde but we were Residing in Cote d'Ivoire due to my
father's Nature of business (I am a 19years old girl of age and my younger
brother Jeffery is 15yrs old)

Our father was a liability Cocoa and Gold merchant here in Cote d'Ivoire
before his untimely death. After his business trip to Tunisia, to negotiate
on a cocoa and gold business he wanted to invest in Tunisia, a week after he
came back from Tunisia, he had an accident with my mother of which my mother
died instantly but my father died seven days after in a Private Hospital. On
that fateful afternoon, I didn't know that my father was going to leave me
after I had earlier lost my mother, but before he gave up to ghost, it was
as if he knew he was going to die.

He My father, (OF BLESSED MEMORY) called me to his bed side and told me that
he deposited the sum of ($8.5m)Eight Million Five hundred Thousand US
Dollars in a Security Company here in Cote D' Ivoire.That the money was
meant for his cocoa and Gold business he wanted to establish in Tunisia,
according to my father he deposited the money there for safe keep and for
onward export abroad, He instructed me to seek for a Reliable, God fearing
and Trustworthy person who can then help me contact the security company and
recieve the trunk on my behalf as a forigne partner and late confidant of my
late father, Phillip Blaise, so that we can come over to your country so
that i can stll continue our Education under your guardiance love and care
while you assist me in the investment of the money in a good business
venture in your country.

Dear he also gave me the certificate of deposit issued to him by the
security company on the day he made the deposit of the trunk, i have it here
with me, and i will also send to you if you are really willing to help me,
Due to my age and inexperience in business, here in Cote d'Ivoire, I am now
seeking for your assistance to help me retrieve the trunk from the company
so that we should invest it in any meaningful and lucrative business in your
country in which you will suggest because this is my only hope in life. I am
willing to offer you 20% of the total fund if only you can help me out of my
present predicament.

DEAR ONE I SEEK YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS RESPECTFULLY;

(1.) To send to me your full name, Home Residential addresss, City Country,
where the company will deliver the trunk on arrival to your country, your
private telephone and fax numbers, Age and Occupation, for you to assist me
transfer the trunk containing the money from the security company here to
your country.

(2.) To make arrangements for me to come over to your country after the
successful delivery of the trunk to you, and for me and my brother jeff to
come over to you in your country, and further our Education, please dear i
want to trust on you.

(3.) To help me invest this money in a profitable business, since I am only
19yrs of age and Jeff only 15yrs as we do not know much about business and
handling such big sum here, please dear we really need your help.
(4) To sponsor me till you have the trunk safe and intact in your position
in your country.

(5). I want you to promise me that you are not going to betray me after the
money gets to you, please we are surfering here.

The worst part of it is that my uncle is planning evil against me over this
money because i refused to hand him over the Certificate of Deposit covering
the Deposit of the trunk at the security company, He has sold all my
father's landed properties including his cars which Rightfuly belongs to me
and now he wanted me to hand him over the certificate of deposit in my
possession which i refused. Now he said that he will have this trunk by all
means even if it means killing me, so because of this I and my younger
brother ran away from home and hide in an orphanage home, pending when this
trunk will be delivered over to you so that i can leave the country for my
safety and peace of mind.

Please i am looking forward to hear from you urgently because i am so
worried and i and my brother dont know what to do now.

Thank You and God bless.

YOUR'S SINCERELY,

Miss Marie Blaise

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