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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: <hendycrskiww6@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:51:31 +0900 (JST)
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE

With regard to your reputation and co-believer of God who will not dissappoint me nor deny me in faith, I am directing this letter of assistance to you.

I am Miss Hendy Crasky 18yrs old the Daughter of Guei Lurrent Crasky from Republic of Cote D Ivoire west Africa. I really need your attention to safeguard the interest of me. In Briefly, my late Father Guei Lurrent Crasky was a wealthy Gold/Cocoa Dealer who has business in Bokina-faso, Ghana,
sierre-lone and parmenently here in Cote d'ivoire west Africa . Unfortunately,he was poisoned to death by his business associates some months ago and he died in a private hospital here in Abidjan.

But when he was about to die, he called me beside his sick bed and told me that he deposited the sum of Two Million Seven Hundred Thousand United State Dollars ($2.7M) at the Eko Bank here in Abidjan, Cote D' Ivoire west Africa. This money has been there pending on my arrangment on whats to do
with the money as i am the only next of kid . Right now, I am here in Abidjan,the commercial city of Cote d'Ivoire in West Africa. My problem now is that since my Father has been poisoned to death by his business associates, I don't even trust any other person here again and to this effect.
I have been asking myself why do i have to pass this life sorrowing and feeling the pain's since I lost my Father, and i have no moment of happiness. I know from the moment that my Father was killed by poison my race against time had begun. please i need your help,I will never succeed in trying
to paint the picture of the agony I am going through. if you have lost someone who was so dear to you in unexpected circumstance you will probably understand what I went through or what I experienced.

And i are very worried about the political situation of our country. if you listen to CNN OR BBC you will know about our country problem, this is the reason why I need your help. I am deaparately looking for a kind trust to assist me get the money out from my country, and thereafter assist me
come from here to your country. This is because i have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of incessant political crisis here in Ivory coast. Right now, I want you to help me in the following ways:
(1) I want you to stand as my guardian and foreign trustee, and extract this money from my country and then provide a bank account where this fund can be transferred.

2) You are going to be the manager of this fund and also my personal advicer in your country, when this fund must have finaly enters into your nominated account.
3) To invest the fund in any lucreactive venture you know will be good in your country or elsewhere.
You are going to receive20% of the total sum for your assitance to me.
I will appreciate if you consider my condition and help me, and I am willing to proceed with you as soon as I have your response.

PLEASE TREAT THIS INFORMATION AS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE NONE OF MY LATE FATHER'S FAMILY MEMBERS KNOWS ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT .


Waiting for your response.
Thank And God bless you hendycrskiww2@yahoo.co.jp
Miss HENDY CRASKY.




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