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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: Francis Marcory <fmarcory902@yahoo.com.cn>
Reply-To: frmarcory@sify.com
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:58:41 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Please help me


Dearest,
I am pleased to write you.It is true that we have not met before ,but please accept me like your biological son presently in distress in a foreign land and help me. I have a proposal for you-this however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour it against your will.

First and foremost and brief self introduction,my name is Francis Marcory, And the only survival of my late parents Mr and Mrs Marcory. My father was a highly reputable busnness magnet-(a cocoa merchant) who operated in the capital of Ivory coast during his days, It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in France during one of his business trips abroad on 12th.November 2005.Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected by one of his brother who accompanied him on that Trip, But God knows the truth!

My mother died when I was just 8 years old, and since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my Father on November 12th 2005 he called the secretary who accompanied him to the hospital and told her that he has the sum of Nine Milion Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars. (USD$9.5) deposited here in Abidjan, And he made the secretary to understand that it was because of this wealth that makes his Brothers to be against him, That i should seek for a foreign partner abroad&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;, who will help me, and also to travel along with him or her because my life is in danger as soon as his Brothers find out about that money, My dear, i am just too young and a Secondary School Level, a novies and really don't know what to do. This is because i have suffered a lot of set backs, as a result of incessant political crisis here in Ivory coast. Coupled that i have been chased out of my Fathers House, all because i dont want to tell his Brothers any
thing about my Fathers Wealth which they have plan to take over from me all because i am still a young man.

My dearest one, I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards.Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded, I want you to assist me retreived this money, And as soon as you received it into your account, You will now make an arrangement for me to come over to your Country in other to continue my Education and also to invest that money into Bussines relationship with you, I will be waiting for your urgent reply and also to know how much you will like to be your own % after the success in geting the money retreivced, Please my dear, if you find this mail offensive, please ignor it and accept my appology, Thanks once again, and may God almighty bless you and your Family, kindly get back to me as soon as you read this message, so that i will send to you all the documents which was sign by my late Father, on the day he made this deposit.

Now permit me to ask these few questions:-
1. Can you honestly help me ?
2. Can I completely trust you? if the above questions is yes and i see your desire to assist me, i will offer 20% of the total sum. Please do respond immediately you recieve this mail for more informations.

My Best Regards
Francis Marcory.


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