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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: "Suzan Catim" <suzan@mail.almanet.kz>
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:22:50 +0600
Subject: From: Miss Suzan Catim

From: Miss Suzan Catim
Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire

Dear,

It is my pleasure to write you after much consideration
since telephone communication can not be suitable enough
to communicate to you at first.I am Miss Suzan Catim the
only doughter of late Mr Christopher Catim of
Sierra-Leone (SL) I am 24 years of age. My late father was
limited liability in Cocoa and Gold merchant in
Sierra-Leone before his untimely death. After his
business trip to Abidjan-Cote d'Ivoire,to negociate on a
cocoa and gold business he wanted to invest in Abidjan -
Cote d'Ivoire.

A Week after he came back from Abidjan, he got an
accidente with my mother of which my mother died instantly
but my father died after five days in a private hospital
on that faithful afternoon. I didn't know that my father
was going to leave me after I had lost my mother.

But before he gave up the ghost, it was as if he knew he
was going to die. He my father, MAY HIS SOUL REST IN
PERFECT PEACE he disclosed to me that he deposited sum of
$9.7,000,000,00 US Dollars (NINE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS) in a Bank here in Abidjan- Cote
d'ivoire.

That the money was meant for his cocoa and Gold company he
wanted to establish in Abidjan - Cote d'Ivoire though, He
single handed me the deposit certificate and instructed me
to seek for a reliable and trust worthy business partner
for my life time investment abroad. Now I have succeded in
locating the bank here in Abidjan- Cote d'ivoire and also
confirmed the bank with most honest and confidentiality.

Now I am soliciting for your assistance to help me lift
this money out from Abidjan to your safe account abroad so
that we should invest it in any meaningful lucrative
business in your country because this is my only hope in
life.

Awaiting anxiously to hear from you so that we can discuss
the modalities of this transaction. Please kindly contact
me immediately for more discussion.

Please don't hesitate to send me a message.Thanks for your
kind attention.

Yours sincerely
Miss Suzan Catim

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