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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: "From Miss Juliet Conte" <juliet20conte@gmail.com>
Reply-To: juliet2conte@cantv.net
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 09:02:17 -0600
Subject: From Miss Juliet Conte




Greeting

My name is Miss Juliet Conte , I am 17 years old and The daughter of
formerlate Guinea President Lansana Conte,who died on Tuesday, 23th Dec
2008, after a long illness, aged 74 years old. As a matter of fact, I am
the only one in the family who knows about the money he deposited in a
bank here in Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire, He deposited the sum of ($10.5 Million
United States dollars)

My late father handed over the documents of this deposit to me before his
untimely death, Now as he is dead, I wish to seek for your partnership to
assist me to move this money to your country fore investment.This is 100%
risk free and I will give you 30% of the total amount involve.

If you are interested I will send you the full confidential details of the
deposit as a good partner that I can trust to assist me. Can I trust you
in this transaction? If you receive this letter, kindly send me an e-mail
signifying your interest including your most confidential telephone/fax
numbers for quick communication also your contact details. This business
is risk free hence we can perfect it within few days upon your readiness.

Check the news: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7797935.stm

Respectfully, Pls email me (juliet2conte@cantv.net)

Miss Juliet Conte


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