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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: Miss Cecile Toure <ceciletoure@hotmail.fr>
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 06:11:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Miss Cecile Toure



Dearest One,





I hope all is well over there in your country. If so, thanks be to God almighty. My name is Miss Cecile Toure, of mende tribe in BUAKE, Cote d'Ivoire. I am 22years old. my father until his death was the king of our tribe and also one of the richest highly reputable business man (a cocoa merchant and supplier of agro allied material ) who operated in Abidjan, capital of Cote d'Ivoire during his days. It is sad to say that my father was poisoned to death by his business associates, which my uncle being his younger brother who immediately announced himself, not up to a week my father died as the king of mende tribe in BUAKE, who is also suspected to be involved or master planned my Fathers death on one of their outings on a business trip to France.



They plotted and poisoned him with the accusation that he is a great sponsor and in support to restore the democratically elected president of LAURENT GBAGBO,who is the president of Cote d'Ivoire. Before the death of my father on February 2007 in a private hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of Five million, Five hundred thousand United State Dollars. (USD$5.500,000) deposited in a Security Firm here in Abidjan. He used my name being the only child as the next of kin(beneficiary)to the fund.



Now, I have in my possession the deposit certificate and all the vital documents which the Security Firm gave to my late father when he deposited the money.I believe that the the people that murdered my father are seriously after me, after my father's younger brother have succeeded in claiming my late father's landed properties. And i have been on a hide out all this while,I really don't know what to do. This is because I have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of this, running from one place to another, Now i am staying in a remote(local) village with a pastor and his family.The death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life. Now there is a big problem in my country due to the last presidential election, there are mass killing by the rebels and there are rumors of war every where in this country Cote D' Ivoire. Among the two presidential candidates, no one want to step down for the other person. You can read the news in BBC or CNN. We are
all living in fear because we do not want what happened before to repeat again. I want to live this country as soon as possible.



I am in a sincere desire of your assistance in this regards.I will like you to help me transfer this money to your country as soon as possible so that i can come over to your country and continue my Education there while you look for a very good Lucretia business you can invest on for me since i am still too young to handle a business that will need such huge amount of money.



Now permit me to ask these few questions:-

1. Can you honestly and willingly help me as your sister/daughter?

2. Can I completely trust you?

3. What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you after the money is in your country?

4. To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a resident permit in your country for me.



Please, Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible.



My sincere regard

Miss Cecile Toure



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