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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: "walter" <cmary@hoymujer.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:40:44 +1000
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?I=E2=80=99m?= expecting your urgent response.

From Mrs. Marilyn Walter
Cites des Arts,
Abidjan - Cote D'Ivoire

It is my pleasure to write you with due respect, trust and
humility regardless of the fact that we do not know each other in
person; with warm heart I offer my friendship and my greetings hoping
that this letter will meet you in good time. I do understand how
Surprised you be to receive this proposal from me since
you do not know me personally. However, I am sincerely seeking your
confidence in this transaction, which I propose with my free mind and
as
a person of integrity.

I am Mrs. Marilyn Walter the Wife of Mr. Richard G.
Walter. During the war against farmers in Zimbabwe which has continued
till date by the support of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all
the white owned farms in our country, all the white farmers were
ordered by the President to surrender their farms to his party members
and his followers.

My husband who was one of the rich farmers in our country
and also the chairman of the farmers council did not support the
initiative and so the party members invaded my husband’s farm and
burnt
everything in the farm, and my husband was seriously wounded and was
flown to Cote D’Ivoire we he later died after several some months. His
farm was completely destroyed.

I and my son Leonard finally had to leave our Country out
of fear and concern for the safety of our life. In the course of our
search for important family documents, we discovered a file that
contained details of a deposit my husband made in Cote D’Ivoire.
In the deposited was US$5,500,000.00 (Five Million- Five
Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) With a bank here Cote
d’Ivoire.

We have since all these years made efforts in Abidjan to
the Bank to lay claim on the deposit; and the Bank verified our claims
backed with the documents which are all genuine, but our status in the
country is posing a big hindrance.

So I decided to make contact with an overseas firm who
will assist me to move this very fund out of Cote d’Ivoire, because we
are living under asylum here in Cote d'Ivoire status which eventually
limits our financial rights and every other thing.

So, if you consider this proposal, we have agreed to give
you 25% of the total sum for helping us to move this money out to
your country and 5% will be mapped out for expenses both of us may
incur during this transaction and 70% will be for me and my son to
invest in your country. NB: try and negotiate for me some profitable
blue
chip
investment opportunities which is free which I can invest this money
when it is transferred to your account personally I am interested in
estate
management and hotel business or any small scale industry,
please advice me;
please email me here Mrs. Marilyn Walter"

cmary@hoymujer.com

I’m expecting your urgent response.

Remain blessed as you assist us.

Best regards.
Mrs. Marilyn Walter

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