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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: <hmobilya@mail.od.ua>
Reply-To: mobilya.hadim@cantv.net
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:16:10 -0000
Subject: =?koi8-r?B?RnJvbSBSaWNoYXJkICYgSGFkaW0=?=


>From Richard & Hadim
Address:rue 322 boulivard gestang
treichville,abidjan
Cote d'ivoire.


Hello,

We are pleased to contact you this norminated time after much thinking
towards this transaction.Looking straight to the point,I am a 19 years
undergraduate and my sister hadim 16, the only children of late Mr & Mrs
Peter Mobilya, President of Café-Cacao & Agro-Alimentaire industries Plc.
(SCAFECAO)San-Pedro.Our father was a wealthy cocoa-coffee merchant based in
San-Pedro one of the economic cities in the western part of Ivory Coast
before he was poisoned to death by his business associate in a dinner party
organized on his name to honour his company.

When our mother died on the 21st of Octber 2001,father took us so special
because we are motherless.Before he gave up the ghost on the 29th of March
2006 by 10.00am in a private hospital here in Abidjan.He secretly called me
and informed us that he has a sum of US$ 1.5 million Dollars left in a Local
Bank here in Abidjan,Coted'ivoire.

Before he finally gave up,he admitted that he used our name as his children
for the next of kin in the deposit of the fund.He explained to us that it
was because of his political ambition in the present Government that he was
poisoned to death by the people he called his friends, He Instructed us to
seek for a foreign partner in a country of our choice where we will transfer
this fund and use it for investment purpose,such as real estate properties.

We are honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways:

1) TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR US TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY AFTER THE MONEY
HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED.

2) TO LOOK FOR A BETTER SCHOOL FOR US IN YOUR COUNTRY SINCE WE WILL STILL
LIKE TO FURTHER OUR STUDIES.

Moreover,sir We are willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as
compensation for your effort/input after the successful transfer of this
fund to your nominated account oversea.Furthermore, you can indicate your
option towards assisting us as we believe that this transaction would be
concluded within seven working days you signify your interest to assist us.

Anticipating to hear from you soon.

Thanks .
Yours Sincerely,
Richard & Hadim Mobilya

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