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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: joy chuks <joy.chuks1980@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: joychuks11@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 12:44:44 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: DEAR RESPECTFUL ONE




ABIDJAN,IVORY COAST

NOTE:PLEASE KINDLY REPLY ME WITH THIS MY DIRECT EMAIl(joychuks11@yahoo.com  )

DEAR RESPECTFUL ONE ,

IF HOWEVER MY VENTURE IN SENDING YOU THIS MAIL TO SEEK FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE WILL CAUSE A MOCK AND UNPLEASANT FEELINGS IN YOU,PLEASE BE SO GOOD TO UNDERSTAND MY REASONS ON CONTACTING YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE,

I GOT YOUR CONTACT AMONG OTHERS, PRAYED AND I DEEM IT NECESSARY TO CONTACT YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE TRANSFER AND INVESTMENT OF $12.500,000 US DOLLARS, ( INHERITED WEALTH )DEPOSITED BY MY LATE FATHER IN A BANK HERE IN ABIDJAN, I AM JOY CHUKS. THE ONLY CHILD OF LATE MR AND MRS M. CHUKS,E,

IF HOWEVER MY VENTURE IN SENDING YOU THIS MAIL TO SEEK FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE WILL CAUSE A MOCK AND UNPLEASANT FEELINGS IN YOU,PLEASE BE SO GOOD TO UNDERSTAND MY REASONS ON CONTACTING YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE,

I GOT YOUR CONTACT AMONG OTHERS, PRAYED AND I DEEM IT NECESSARY TO CONTACT YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE TRANSFER AND INVESTMENT OF $12.500,000 US DOLLARS, ( INHERITED WEALTH )DEPOSITED BY MY LATE FATHER IN A BANK HERE IN ABIDJAN, I AM JOY CHUKS. THE ONLY CHILD OF LATE MR AND MRS M. CHUKS,

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