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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: petronille Okoma <petronilleokoma0@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: williamsfalonne@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:25:14 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: From: williams falonne


FISRT NAME: williams
 
LAST NAME: falonne
 
CONTRY: ivory coast
 
CITY: abidjan (cocody)
 
 
 
Hello,
How suit you?
 
  I suppose that you go to wonder. It is true that we know each other soon, ambitionnons to better know it self.
I want that confidence, sincerity exists between us, reason for which, I expose you, maintaining my sad and atrocious life. I announce that this history is really secretes, because the war is not finished yet in ivory coast, I do not want people make an attempt on my life.

  
                                Here thus my sad history.

 
I am the girl of a transactor of gold and cocoa (Mr. WILLIAMS RICHARD) of the republic of ivory coast under the legal mode. On September 19, 2002 my father and my mother and certain members of our family were assassinated by unknown rebels. While they killed, it also plundered the family goods.
             
       That was an unforgettable tragedy which I have of the evil to tell you but I do not have the choice, my heart and my heart are wounded.
By the grace of God at the time of the attack I was not
pas à la house, I was in shift, and the plan of the rebels were to exterminate all the members of my family.

   I am in this country perhaps without nobody knowing that I am alive every day I play hide-and-seek with the risk which the rebels makes me the skin this is why I would like to transfer the $4.5 million dollar that my late father deposited secretly in a bank of the place in Abidjan under a strange account with the agreement with your assistance.

 
This bottom was deposited with my name during the disorders. However my father has utility the name of his partner who is an amenable European of which I am unaware of all the references.

Before his death, my father gave me of the documents which attest the deposit of this bottom at the bank being his/her first daughter, it let me keep these documents in all the secrecy and confidence. On the documents it is marked that the sum deposited in bank is of $ 4.5 million dollar.

    
  I would like as of now that you assist me and to help me to be able to transfer this bottom on your behalf in time that my partner in your account and to help me after the transfer to invest in promising sectors and to help me to join you in your country to begin a new life with you immediately and the funds will allow me to continue my studies in your country.
  
  I want that the transfer is made before I do not leave this country and especially the climate is dark because of the war. I would wish that you assist me with all sincerity and devotion because I require that one is ready of me to forget this nightmare.

 I await to read you if my proposal is relevant for you before to really saying you or telling me the steps to make so that the evening transfer made in the best and the good conditions.

  I will send all the banking informations to you which attest the basic existence and other documents
 
I wait to read you very soon.

                                               Thank you, that GOD blesses you.

  Williams Falonne


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