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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: <fabien_barou19@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: nelly_fabien@live.fr
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 21:05:19 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Pls.. reply us urgent!

Good Day Dearest One,

May our letter today meet you in a Godly and acceptable manner, Thank you.
I deemed it a respect and honour as well as priviledge to write to you in these important and urgent letter , on my deep conviction about you, after our deligent search for an honest and trustworthy someone of which we have choosen you to assist us for the transfer of an inheritance, which i
inherited from our late father that was poisoned to death by his bussiness associates as his next of kin.

My name is Miss Nelly Barou ,and my brother is Fabien jr I am 19yrs old while he is 17 years old. we are native of Seychells in the South African region in the local districk of Konobo .We are the only children of late Mr Barou Michelle and late Mrs Thabita Barou. Our late father was a Director
in the Shipping council of Sychells and also owned a ship which he later sold due to his illness . But before father died in a private hospital here in Abidjan,in the Republic of Ivory coast, he told me of a fixed deposit of US$ 8,500,000.00 he deposited with a financial house in Abidjan, Ivory
coast which he made my brother the next of kin, because our mother died when I was 6years old and Fabien was 4years old.

After the death of our father, we decided to stay back here in the country of Ivory Coast as my father has told me because of fear of those that poisoned him could also plot to kill us and also so that we can go for the money in the bank here.

We have gone and met the Bank Director with the certificate of deposit issued to our father when he made the deposit and declared to him our intention to transfer this fund out of Africa on many times, as adviced to me by our father for our security and of the money, which we want to use to
further our education and establish a good business, and he is asking us for our foreign guardian ,in order to terminate the Fixed Investement Agreement and release of the fund, as signed in the Agreement Bond with their Bank Authority and our father in case of sudden death, which we need your
assistance to present you to the bank as our foreign guardian and investor for the transfer of this money into your account.

We consider to give 15% of the total money to you for your assistance and efforts, 5% for any expences which might be encured and another 5% for which you will assist us to donate to the charity organisations because we promised God that we will give to the charity homes when our money has being
released.

Please remember the confidentiality that our email requires as i wait to hear from you and please try to reply me with our private email address : nelly_fabien@live.fr

Thanks and remain blessed.
Yours faithfully,
Nelly & Fabien.





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