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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: <revchristopher_ctcv@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: revchristopher_ctcc2@hotmail.fr
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:40:09 +0900 (JST)
Subject: QUICK RESPONSE AWAITED.

SENIOR ADVOCATE OF THE CABINET
ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE.
TEL: +225 04406354
WEST AFRICA.

Attn:

With due respect, I am Rev Christpher Douk. the Principle of CD AT LAW FIRM, a solicitor at law and Residential Attorney to late (DR. FELIX MORGAN) 59 years American citizen who died 11th September 2001 with event of terrorist attack on World Trade Center. I know you must be surprise of received
this message from me, though I have not met with you in person nor correspondence before but I believe one should always loose confide in terms of business. I got your contact through some discreet inquiry on internet during my search of reliable person to help me.

More so, director of the bank contacted me 15th November 2007 and instructed to provide next of kin of my late client to permit release of the fund from their custody else they will confiscate to central bank as unclaimed fund, hence I soliciting your assistance to stand as next of kin or
business partner for us to penetrate the fund into your account as non of his relatives is nowhere to be found.

Do not entertain any atom of fear because the fact remains clear that anybody I will present to the bank as next of kin or business partner shall inherit the fund without any problem, based on this fact, I want you to get back to me immediately to enable me send you more details and text of
application which you fill and tender to the bank as his legitimate next of kin or business partner. The amount is ($14.2m USD) Fourteen Million Two hundred thousand United States Dollars and my request of foreign partner is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner which indigene
as cote d'ivoire cannot stand as next of kin to any foreigner as it against our constitution.

With your assistance in penetrating the fund, you will entitle with 30% as my foreign partner after the money transferred into your account. Therefore, I want you to rest assured that everything is well calculated and placed in normal position to ensure our successful during the transfer process
before contacting you and being American or not will not impose any problem for the money not to be transferred because I will still stand on your behalf here as your Attorney.
Following link is indicating some photographs of the incident: www.september11news.com

Yours faithfully
Barr. Christpher Douk
Tel: +225 04406354

NB: Kindly call me when you found this interesting to enable me direct you on what to do or you delete it entirely from your mail box if you are not interesting.




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