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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: From Jennifer Cole <jennycole@halofubar.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:37:57 -0400
Subject: Greetings From A Tender Heart


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Greetings From A Tender Heart
My Dearest


Sorry to intrude into your privacy as i hope that this mail meet you in good
sense of mind. However, Let me seize this opportunity to introduce myself to
you before I go ahead. I am Miss Jennifer Cole, 23 years old and a citizen
of France by birth but currently residing in Abidjan the capital city of
Ivory Coast here in Africa . My parents are from the republic of
Sierra-Leone , my father was a wealthy prominent cocoa merchant in our
country before his death.


My father (Desmond Cole) had a ghastly motor accident two weeks after his
arrival from Abidjan Ivory Coast where he went on an investment negotiation
with my mother in which my mother died on the spot.


My father died four days after in the hospital but before he finally died,
he informed me that he deposited the sum of $10,5M in a bank here in Abidjan
Cote d'Ivoire and that he intended to invest this money in the opening of a
cocoa processing company here in Cote d' Ivoire with the help of his Ivorian
friend. He gave me the documents meant for these deposit of the money and
that I should seek for a reliable and God fearing foreign partner who will
assist me to transfer this money out of this country for investment purpose.



After a three days of fasting and prayer, I decided to contact you to
solicite for your assistance in transferring this money to your account in
your country. I have arrived in Abidjan Ivory Coast and located the bank
where my late father deposited this money and confirmed the deposit.


What you have to do now is to provide me a safe and secure accont where the
money will be transferred into. After the succesful transfer of this money
to your account, I and my Brother will come over to meet you in your country
as to continue our education while you will invest this money for us in any
lucrative business in your country.


Let me inform you that this transaction is legal and 100% risk free.
Moreover, I will be giving you the 25% of the total money after the transfer
to your account in your country and you will still be my investment manager.


Please let me hear what you have to say immediately so that we can proceed
as I do not want us to stay long in this country due to the present
political problem over here.


Thanks and may God bless you, as I wait to hear from you immediately.

Yours Sincerely,
Jennifer Cole



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