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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: "jullet sankoh" <jullet20818@superposta.com>
Reply-To: jullet20811@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 13:11:55 +0000
Subject: Greetings From Jullet and Brother


Greetings From Jullet and Brother
Dear, I and my younger Brother, are delighted to write to you.I am sorry if
this mail may come to you as a surprise, We just felt like empting ourself
to you, to confide in you, as I have gonne through your porfiles, it
interest me to know you more, and I hope to use this opportunity to explain
myself you as we are faced with total frustration and hardship. our Ernest
prayer is that you find this mail in good health and blessings.

I am Jullet sankoh, the only daughter of late Mr and Mrs George Monugo
Sankoh. Our father was a very rich and wealthy Gold trader. we were living
with our father but in the year 2005 on 17th of June, we lost our father
in the hospital by 9.35 am of that fathful day, but i most tell you the
comment of the doctor, who told us that he ( our father ) was poisoned. But
i know that it was my uncle that poisoned our father in order to claim all
our father's property. I said this because after our father's death, he
turned against us.

our mother died when we were little. we ran out of our country to COTE D'
IVOIRE where our father deposited (usd $9.5 million u.s dollars. under a
secret arrangement as a family treasure. This means that the security
Diplomatic company did not know the content of this box that was deposited
in Their office here in Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) under a diplomatic
coverage in Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
when our uncle started asking me to give him all the documents our father
gave to us. in whic i refused to give to him. Our father made this money
from the sales of Gold. My father told me in the hospital that it was
because of this money he was poisoned. He instructed us when he find out
that he will not make it, he told me that I should look for a very
trustable foreign partner who will help us to ship the trunk box out
of Republic of Cote d' Ivoire and invest it for us in a lucrative business.
and he worns us not to allow the security comapny to know the content in it.

We contacted you to help us stand for us as our late father's partner so
that the Security company, when I shall send to you, their contacts, for you
to stand for us so that they will follow your instructions to ship this box
to your country as our father deposited as family treasures, before this
wicked uncle, will kill us as he kill our father. He is after our life
and he want to kill us and collect the documents from us, that is why we
rented a small house here in Cote d' Ivoire. Please we realy need your
urgent help.

I hope you will not betray the trust we have on you? my mind tells me that
you are a good person when i saw your contact, and after prayers with my
younger brother, that is why we contacted you. This money in the box, is
all our hope in this world, and moreover you will also help us to come
over to your country were we will settle down for our life and finish our
education while you will invest the money in a lucrative business for us.
may the lord bless you as we wait to hear from you soon.

Yours Faithfully
jullet sankoh


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