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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: Sandra Adams <sandra4u777@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:06:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Sandra need U


ATTN: My Dearest One,

Permit me to inform you my heart desire for a business relationship with you I am SANDRA ADAMS as you know from of Cote D Ivoire on my search for honest and reliable person. I prayed over it and decided to confide in you because your integrity and what I trongly believed that it is GOD's directives.Ones again I am the only daughter of late Dr and mrs. ADAMS. My father was a very wealthy Gold/Diamond dealer in Pretoria, the administration capital of South Africa.

My father was poisoned to death by his close business associates on one of their outings on a business trip. My mother died when I was 13 years old and since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my father last year on June 9th 2007, in a private hospital in Freetown, his secretly called me by his bed side and told me of a deposit of 7,000,000,00 united state dollars (SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS) he wanted to use to establish a factory, in one of the prime BANK when in Abidjan; that he used my name been the daughter as the next of kin when he deposited the money.He warned me that because of envy that he was poisoned by his close associates. He also advised me to seek for an honest foreigner in a country of my choice those associates will not hurt me as they have succeeded in poisoning him.

For your information , it has been difficult to know who is an honest person to assist me in this transaction , and for me to continue silent over looking for assistance while the DUMORAGE is increasing, i decided to make a try from you.

When arrived (ABIDJAN) since my uncle wants to kill me because of this certificate of depositsas he have suceeded in collecting all my father's property left with this money; They continuously mal-treated me, and have made life very unbearable for me. The wife serve me a delicious poisoned rice meal on the 25th, but for the Devine mercy the daughter secretly whispered to me not to eat the meal; i wasted the meal to the bin only to find ten dead rat on the bin the following morning and that made me to run away immediately.out side the country And i don't want to stay long here,

Dear, I honourably seek your assistance in the following ways: 1-To provide an account where we can transfer this money. 2-To help me arrange for better establishment. 3-To help me come over to your country to further my education. Please my intention is not to disturb your Peace or to put you into troble for no body knows about this or looking to arrest no,but because l am sincerely in need, And desperately need to get out from here is war in this country.

Among all, the most important thing is for you to be aiding me as parent who will directing all my affair es and doings in your country. Lastly ,you will promise me that you will not betray or deny me if this my money gets into your hands , bank and country .

Dear, I am ready to offer you 15% of the total money for your help. But if may be you are not in better position to help. Please let me know. So that I can look for another helper. I am with the certificate of deposit upon demand. I will show you.

Looking forward to your kind reply soonest and may God bless you. Please reply to this

email EMAIL: (sandyxyx@yahoo.com)
Sincerely Yours.
Sandra Adams



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