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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: Veginie Toure <veginie_toure01@yahoo.co.id>
Reply-To: veginietoure_2008@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:46:53 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: Dear,one



Dear,one

Compliment of the day
It’s my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which i intend to establish in your country after i have go through your profile I disided to contact you for urgent help,I am asking for your assistance after i have did preyer and fasting and my pastor also pray over it and chose your name as the right person that will help me handle this transction.
I will be so glad if you can allow and lead me to the right chanel towards my situuation now, i will use this oppotunity introduse my self well to you am an orphan child that need your help the only child of late Mr and Mrs Solomon Toure.

My name and address:
Address :lot 15 rue des jardins cocdy
Country: Cote d’ivoire in West Africa
Name:Miss Viginie Toure
Age: 21 years old
Sex: femal
Profession :Student
Marital statue:Single

I know that this proposal maght be a surprise to you but do and consider it as an emergency
Inushually my late father Mr Solomon Toure was a very well know as a cocoa merchant who based in Accra Ghana and Abidjan Capital city of Cote ‘divoire,but he was poisend on his business trip in France last year which i suspeted his elder brother who traveled with him according to doctor report, while i lost my mother when i was two year’s old.

However befor my father’s death in France he inform me about Deposit Certificate of (£10.200.000.000) Ten Milion Two Hundred Thousand Euro deposited in the Bank here in my country which he used my name as next of kin because he don’t want me to suffer that i shuold look for a trust worthy foreing personality to help me transfer the money to his country for investment, and also he adviced me to keep away from his relatives and his business parttners that they will like to kill me also so that they will take all his wealth.

Due to the politcle crisis going on in our country now is about to cause a war i disided to transfer this fund now to any foreing country for seffty of my life,now am sadle with a problem of securing a trust worthy foreing personality to help me transfer the money over to his country for investment and into his possition pending my arriving to meet with him or her and continue my education career as well in medicine and invest my inherited money together with him.

Due to geniu of this transaction am going to provid you all the ducments and Bank contact for comfermation and i will issue a letter of authorisation on your name that will eneble the Bank to deal with you on my behalf,
I wish you send me a reply imedetly as soon as you receive this proposal as am looking forwed to hear from you soonest.

Thanks
I remain with the best regards
Viginie Toure.



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