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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: Rita James <rita_jam2002@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: rita_james0111@yahoo.ca
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:28:37 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Dearest one,



Dearest one,
 
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you.
Introducing myself , I am Rita James, my father was a gold and cocoa merchant based in Accra, Ghana and Abidjan (Ivory Coast ),he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their business trips.
 
Before the death of my father on 29th June 2006 in a private hospital here in Abidjan. He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of USD$12.5M ( Twelve Million five hundred thousand U.S),deposited in One of the bank here in ( Abidjan Cote D' Ivoire ,that he used my name as his only daugther for the next of kin in depositing of the funds. He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as expansion of his existing cocoa business and real estate management overseas.
Please, I am humbly seeking your assistance in the following ways.
 
1- To  help me clear and transfer the money out of this country and help me come over to your country to start a new life because my life is not secured here any more.
 
2-To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am 22 years still in school..

3- To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to help secure a residential permit in your country. I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/ Input after the successful transfer of this fund to your nominated account overseas, while 5% will be set aside to offset any expenses we may incure Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within the shortest possible time if you signify interest to assist me.you can rich me through my private Email box(rita_james0111@ yahoo.ca) for security reassons
 
God bless you.
 
Yours sincerely
 
Miss Rita James.


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