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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: <gra2onu@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:58:16 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Your E-mail From Miss Deborah Falle

FROM MISS DEBORAH FALLE. 02 BP 198 ABIDJAN 02 ABIDJAN
COTE D'IVOIRE WEST AFRICA.

please allow me to introduce myself to you, I am Miss Deborah Falle I am 20 years old the Daughter of late Dr.and Mrs Frank Falle, my mother died when i was 13yrs old and since then my father took me and my younger brother Joe so special,my father died as a result of war in my country kenya, in
west africa. as a matter of fact, my father was a director of kenya oil mining INC,before my father was killed, he told me that he deposited the sum of $10.000.000 (ten mllion usd ) in a bank here in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire.He said that he deposited the money to be an inheritance for me and my
younger brother Joe in case of emergeny or death, which he handed over to me all informations that I need to know regarding the deposit money which is in the bank for now.

Now I have succeded in locating the bank in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire and the international remittance director told me that I do not have an access to the money because of how it was deposited and the only way I could access my late father's account is by providing to them my forieng partners
adress & contact informations so they can contact you for the immediate transfer of this money to your account,after they might have finish doing some legal procedures for my inheritance money transfer.

My Dear this has been a problem to me because I don't know any one abroad, I have even been under going through sufferings because I lost my parents, now I am contacting you to stand for me as my forieng partner to enable the bank transfers this money into your account , so I can join u over
there to finish my education with my younger brother, while you help me invest the money over there in your country, I am willing to offer you 15% of the total money for your help, please help me it is easy and legal to do this with me, I promise to give you any information you might need.

waiting to hear from you.
Yours Miss Deborah Falle.

Our contact e-mail (deb-1@hotmail.fr)






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