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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: "gloria_awa@cantv.net" <gloria_awa@cantv.net>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:00:53 -0430
Subject: From: Miss. Gloria Diakite

Dearest One,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into a business relationship with you, I know you might be surprised on receiving this email due to we have not met or known each other before.

By brief introduction, I am Miss. Gloria Diakite, am from Cote d'Ivoire in west Africa and the only Daughter of my late parents Mr. and Mrs. Diakite. My late parents where killed by the rebels in my home town Bouake, the second economic capital of my country during the recent political crisis. My parents where a wealthy gold and cocoa merchant before they met their sudden death.

Before the death of my father, he secretly disclosed to me of the total sum of Nine Million United States Dollars us$9,000,000.00 he deposited in one of the banks in Abidjan on behalf of his foreign business partner as the beneficiary for onward transfer to his oversea account.

I am honorably seeking for your assistance to stand as the foreign partner of my late father and the beneficiary of this money and provide a safe bank account for the transfer.

The reason why I am seeking for your assistance is because of the agreement which was made between my late father and the bank on the day he deposited this money, in this agreement, my father stated that the money should not be withdrawn rather it should be transferred to his foreign partners account overseas for the implementation of a business project however he did not indicate any body's name as his foreign partner. This is why I am contacting you so that you will stand as my late father's foreign partner and provide an account where the bank will transfer the money into.

I will also like you to make an arrangement for me and my sister to further our education on our arrival in your country; I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/ Input after the successful transfer of this fund into your account overseas.

If you are willing and able to assist me, please send to me your telephone and fax numbers to  enable me send to you the prove documents showing the deposit of this money at the bank after which I will send the contact of the bank to you for you to contact them and know how the money will be transferred to your bank account.

Please reply me via the following email address. 

Thanks and God bless you
Best regards

Yours

Miss. Awa Gloria Diakite

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