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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: Cynthia Adams <cynthia.adams@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: cynthiaadams1990@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 18:30:24 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: From Miss. Cynthia Adams


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From Miss. Cynthia Adams

My Dear,

 
Permit me to inform you my desire of
going into business relationship with you, With due respect and humility I write
you this letter which I believe you would be of great assistance to me, please I
need a trust-worthy person that will help me to transfer my inheritance funds
and to secure it. My name is Miss Cynthia Adams; I am 20 years old of age girl,
the only Daughter of my late Parents Mr and Mrs. Adams.

 
My late Beloved father Dr. Benjamin
Michael Adams, was a very wealthy Gold and Diamonds Merchant in Monrovia the
Gold Capital of republic of Liberia all in West Africa, my father was poisoned
by his business associates while my mother died when I was 8 years old and since
after the death of my beloved Mother, my father took me so special because I am
his only Daughter.

 
Before the death of my father on
29Th December 2009 in a hospital here in Cote d'Ivoire, he secretly called me
and told me that he deposited a diplomatic Trunk box contained money the sum of
($6.500.000.00) Six Million Five hundred thousand United State dollars in a
[security company] here in Cote d'Ivoire, with my name as the next of kin and he
gave me the all the confidential documents of the box. Presently this box is
still in Security Company. But note that the security company did not know that
content of the box because my father deposited it with the security company as
family valuables; he purposely did this for confidential purpose and for
security reasons.

 
My father also made me understand
that it was because of this money he was poisoned by his business associates
while on a business trip with them, meanwhile he warned and instructed me
seriously to look for a sincere foreign partner who will help me transfer this
box out of this Cote d'Ivoire and invest the money for me. My purpose of
contacting you is for you to assist me and transfer this box to your country
before this peoples who kill my father will kill me too.

 
Please, in the capacity of the next
of kin, I am contacting you with due sense of humanity and responsibility, and
with few awareness that you will give it a sympathetic and mutual consideration
l hope you will not betray the trust I have on you because this money is my only
hope in this life. I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following
ways.

 
(1) To serve as the guardian of this
box and to visit the security company to take transfer of the box, since the
security company management told me that they can transfer the box to any
country of my choice through their diplomatic means.
(2) To make arrangement for me to
come over to your country to further my education, and to secure a residential
permit for me in your country.
(3)To provide good investment plans
for the fund and to manage the fund for
5 years, during the investment
period, only our profit will be shared annually 70% for me, the investor while
30% will be for you the fund manager annually. Moreover, I am willing to offer
you 25% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/input after the
successful transfer of this box to your nominated address overseas before the
investments starts. And I have mapped 5% for any expenses that might be incurred
during the course of this transaction.

 
Furthermore, you can indicate your
option towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be
concluded within a stipulated period of time you signify your interest to assist
me. I am looking forward to hearing from you urgently! Thanks and God bless
you.

 
Sincerely Yours
Miss Cynthia
Adams.

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