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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:02:53 +0100
Subject: From: Miss Emilie Ehnebel.


From: Miss Emilie Ehnebel.
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.

=C2=A0=C2=A0=20
Dear respectful,

Please i need your help to save my life

In the first place, i say greetings to you in the blessed Almighty Name o=
f God who made it possible for me to contact you in this manner.
It's also my humble prayer to God, that my letter will not have any effec=
t on your daily schedule.
At this point in time, allow me to introduce myself to you before i forge=
ahead.
I am Miss Emilie Ehnebel from Republic of Gabon, l know it is difficult t=
o understand and believe some body whom you=C2=A0 have not seen before.
Please i need your help to save my life from been destroyed by my family =
members, My father is Dr Roland=C2=A0 Ehnebel, he was the former Diplomat=
and a minister in=C2=A0 Republic of Gabon,(my country). my=C2=A0 father =
has been in sick for some time, on 29 of June 2007 He died of hearth prob=
lem.
After the death of my father. My father's family members said that in tra=
dition and culture of our people a woman has no right in her fathers prop=
erty, that is only the male child can inherit the property of his father.
But in this case my father he has no male child, now all my father's prop=
erty has been sized by them and the gave me a condition , saying it is th=
ey culture,=C2=A0 I must stop going to school and get arred, and they are=
fussing me to be the third wife to a man that has=20
two wives.
As i am talking to you now my father's family members have taking all tha=
t belong to my father and they do not know where i am now.
The only hope of life i have now is $9 million, my father deposited in a =
Security Company in bidjan Ivory Coast. He concealed the money in a=C2=A0=
metallic box before depositing it to the Security Company under an agree=
ment as a family valuables.=20
On the day of my father deposit the box he sign a contract agreements tha=
t box belong to his foreign partner but he did not write any name as his =
foreign partner, so i want you to be my father's foreign partner so that =
the security company can release the box to you immidetly. All the Docume=
nts of the box are with me and can be sand to you on your request.
Please i need your help to save my life.
One more thing i will like you to tell me the Percentage of the total mon=
ey in that box that will be good for you after the security company must =
have release the box to you.
Thanks i will be waiting to hear from you.
Yours Sincerely
Miss Emilie Ehnebel

And please don't forget to contacts me through this email address;=C2=A0 =
ehnebel_emilie@cantv.net






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