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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: Mrs anita <ltdn1@zaw.att.ne.jp>
Reply-To: mrsanitachude@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 1:17:02 +0900
Subject: Dearest One.

Dearest One.

Greetings to you,Please permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you,which will be of a mutual benefits between both of us.

I am Mrs.Anita Chude,the widow of Late General Thomas Chude,the former Director of military inteligence and special acting General Manager of the Sierra-Leone Diamond mining co-operation(SLDMC).

I am contacting you to seek your good assistance to transfer and invest the sum of $9.5 million (Nine Million Five hundred thousand Dollar's currency) belonging to my late Husband which is deposited in a fixe suspence account in a bank here in Abidjan,the capital of Ivory-Coast in West Africa.

This money was revenues from solid minerals and diamonds sales which were under my husband's possession before the civil war broke out.

Following the break out of the war,almost all government offices, co-operations and parastatals were attacked and vandalized.The SLDMC was looted and burnt down to ashes,and diamonds worth millions of euros was stolen by the rebels millitary forces who attacked my husband office.

Many top government officials and senior army officers were assasinated and my husband was a key target because of his very sensitive military possition and appointment in the SLDMC.Regretably, my husband was captured and alot his two hands amputated by Corporal Foday Sankoh,the notorious
leader of the R.U.F rebel (Revolutionary United Front)during a mid-night rebels shoot-out in our official residence in freetown.

Before the death of my husband in the hospital, he told me incase he died that he deposited some money which he made from diamond sales and contracts in a bank here in Ivory Coast and that we should pray and find a trust worthy foreign business partner who would help us to transfer and invest this money in profitable business venture overseas.

He told me to do this quickly so that I can leave Ivory Coast with my only son who is here with me in the refugee camp and then settle down abroad.

He told me where the bank document to prove the deposit is kept in our house and also told me thathe used my name as the next of kin to deposit the money in the bank I have gone to the bank to make inquires about this money and I spoke with the Manager of the International remittance who
assured me that everything is intact and promised to help me transfer this money to my foreign partners bank account as soon as I provide my partners foreign bank account for them.

However,the manager is very concerned because of our situation here.

If you are willing to assist me,please let me know immediately you received this mail so that you will arrange the transfer of the money to your account with the bank.

Please note that Ican only offer you 15% of the total money as compensation for your noble assistance in accodiance with my husband's advise.I am interested in any profitable commercial venture which you consider very good in your country.

Please for security reason,I humbly beg you to keep this transaction very confidencial.Please there is urgent need for the money to be transferred to your account because of the political crisis herein Cote d'Ivoire now.I am hoping to hear your urgent response soonest for more clearification.

Thank you and may God richly bless you and your family.

Your's Sincerely
Mrs.Anita Chude and son.

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