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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)
Reply-To: sussanbien_0006@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:50:30 +0900 (JST)
Subject: DEAREST ONE

Dearest one,

Goodday,i know this message will come to you as a surprise,i want you to help me in the management of my fund and which i believe you will be of great assistant to me.I must not hesitate to confide in you this simple and sincere transaction,

My name is sussan bien william, I am 20 years of age, the only daughter of late Mr and Mrs william, from Mende Freetown Sierraleon.my father died during his business trip to Abidjan -Cote d'Ivoire to negotiate on a Cocoa and Gold business he wanted to invest in Abidjan - Cote d'Ivoire,My father
was a prosperous Cocoa and Gold merchant in SierraLeon, My mother also died when I was little , Before the death of my father on 12th
November 2005 he secretly told me that he has the sum of
(USD$18.500.00) he deposited in a security companies here in cote d,iviore. i am just 20 years old and a university dropout student and really don't know what to do.and the normal option is for me to claim this fund out from the security company and to transfer it to a safe country , through a
reliable person for investment and also continue my education .

I have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of political crisis here .all the documents regarding to the deposit of the fund was given to me by my late father.

Now permit me to ask these few questions:

1. Can you honestly help me?
2. Can I completely trust you?


i wait your reply,

Miss sussan bien william.





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