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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: "mokajohn67@cantv.net" <mokajohn67@cantv.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:33:55 -0430
Subject: Hello my very dear,

Hello my very dear,

It is with good faith and best sentiments that I sends you this message,I pried and younged for three days until I saw your contact before the sending of my mail I said to G_d to touch your heart so you sympathize with my situation to give me the help necessary to get out of this situation so I rejoins you in your country for the investment of my inheritance and to continue my studies.

My Very Dear, consider me please as your daughter,and I would on my part take you as a parent.All my faith is in you do not reject my message because it is G_D who has directed me toward you because he knows that you have the ability to help me with all your experience of life.

My name is Miss sidoine Bernard, I am only sole daughter of ( Dr Bernard and Madame Rose Theophilus ) if I hold so that you are a parents for me it is because I have lost my parents , my father deposited the sum of ( 10.Millions 500 thousand dollars US ) in a private security company in Abidjan Cote d'ivoire in West Africa before his death.

But the company does not know the contents of the package is cash,I would like that you help me to retrieve my package deposited in the company so I can rejoin you because I am alone to unscramble myself (? corrections welcome) and it's enormously difficult, I don't know anyone here ,I am here all of 2 weeks because of this package,I have no parent nobody no family here in abidjan,my father died on the 22nd of January 2006 last and my mother died in an airplane accident it's now 7 years when I was 13.

I am Sierra Leonian [nice cover story if you happen to actually answer in French - but one has to wonder why bother writing in French in the first place?], I am here in abidjan because of my package which I find here in the security company ,if you will consider to adapt and if you are able to help me to invest these funds in very lucrative businesses,

Write me so that I can you give the contact of the company so that you contact theaforementioned company so they will transfer the package directly to you because on coming here I have already to explain all to the Director of this Company that I hold absolutely that my package be transferred immediately without delay to the associate of my deceased father I want to speak of you if you agree to help me it is for that that I contacts you directly.No one else if it is not you whom I have contact for this help.

Please supply me your coordinates, addres, telephone etc....
I will also like that you be a person of your word and not a person who will leave running off with my cash because this is my only hope in life, contact me of this E-mail: kamellesidoine@yahoo.fr
Thank you and in urgent waiting for your answer
May G_D protect you
Yours sincerely.
Miss sidoine Bernard ,

N.B My Very Dear, I hold that you keep extremely secret what I tells you today please and which you are the only one to know it because(?) GOD,

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