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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: ghonchen@live.fr
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:28:27 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear one,


Dear one, I am so sorry if i may interrupt or violate any of
your policy,actually i am contacting you for a favour. First and
foremostand brief self introduction,my name is Miss Firuza Ghochen, 20
years old girl, And the only survival of my late parents Mr and Mrs
Ghonchen Medhi. My father was a highly reputable busnness
magnet-(a cocoa merchant) who operated in the capital of Ivory coast
during his days, It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in
Saudia Arabia during one of his business trips abroad on 21th December
2007.Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected by one of
his brother who accompanied him on that Trip, But God knows the
truth! My mother died when I was just 12 years old, and since then my
father took me so special. Before the death of my Father on December
21th 2007 he called the secretary who accompanied him to the hospital
and told her that he has the sum of Eight Milion Five Hundred
Thousand Unite­­­­­­d StateDollars.(USD$8­­­­­­.5.000­­­ 000) left in
a metalic Trunk box, Which he deposited in one Prime Security Company
here in Abidjan, but the Security Company didn't know the content as
money, because it was registered as family valuables personal
for security reasons. And he made the secretary to understand that it
was because of this wealth that makes his Brothers to be against
him, That i should seek for aforeign partner abroad­­­­­­, who will
help me to retreived that trunk box, and shipped it direct to his or
her country, and also to travel along with him or her because my life
is in danger as soon as his Brothers find out about that money in the
Security Compnay, My dear, iam just 20 years old and a Secondary School
Level and really don't know what to do. This is because i have suffered
a lot of set backs, as aresult of incessant political crisis here in
Ivory coast. Coupled that i have been chased out of my Fathers House,
all because i dont want to tell his Brothers any thing about my Fathers
Wealth which they have planto take over from me all because i am still
a small girl, My dearest one, I am in a sincere desire of your humble
assistance in this regards.Your suggestions and ideas will be highly
regarded, I want you to assist me retreived this trunk box out from
the Security Companys Custody, and shipped it direct to your Country,
And as soon as you received it, You will now make an arrangement for me
to come over to your Country in other to continue my Education and also
to invest that money into Bussines relationship with you, I will be
waiting for your urgent reply and also to know how much you will like
to be your own %after the success in geting the trunk box
retreivced and also deliver to you in your Country, Please my dear, if
you find this mail offensive,please ignor it and accept my appology,
Thanks once again, and may God almighty bless you and your Family,
kindly get back to me as soon as you read this message, so that i will
send to you all the documents which was sign by my late Father, on the
day he made this deposit,including the contact of the Security Company,
so that you can contact them on how this trunk box will retreived and
also be sent direct to you in your Country Now permit me to ask
these few questions:- 1. Can you honestly help me ? 2. Can I
completely trust you? If the above questions is yes and i see your
desire to assist me, i will offer 30% of the total sum. Please do
respond immediately you recieve this mail for more
informations. My Best Regards Miss Firuza Ghonchen



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