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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: "MR CEDRIC KOKO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrcedrickoko@live.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 06:33:11 -0700
Subject: CAN WE WORK TOGETHER AS ONE.....

Dearest friend
 
However surprising this proposal may seem to you, I want you to consider the immense benefit it will be to both of us.
 
My Name is Mr Cedric Koko,personal assintant to Mr Laurent Gbagbo of Ivory Coast who cling to power in the worlds largest cocoa producer despite losing a presidential election to Alassane Quattara on November the 28,2010,Before the election he amassed a fortune, including a lot of cash deposit in big security companies & financial institutions in Europe.
 
Now the government of Switzerland at its meeting of Thursday,January 20,2011 has decided to freeze any funds and asst in Switzerland belonging to Mr Gbagbo and his entourage,because Switzerland wants to avoid their financial center being used to hide funds illegally taken from the populations concerned
There is a cash deposit of $25,000 000.00 ( twenty five million US Dollars ) he made in a security company, in a coded formula showing that the box contains pieces of gold and silver, just three weeks before the election in a Security Company in Spain. Apart from him, I am the only person that knows about the deposit as well as the content and all the deposit documents are in my possession.
 
Now, he has instructed me to get a reliable person whom we shall use to make the claim from the security company and pay the money into the person’s account since he is being detained by the government forces who has now taken over power from him
There is no risk involved because all the logistics for a smooth transaction has been perfected.He has instructed me to offer you 30% as our new partner , while 60% will be for him and i,while 10% will be set aside for any expenses we may incure during the transaction. Please this is highly confidential and you must keep it to yourself only.
 
If you are interested to partner with us, do contact me on my private with the following information below.
 
1Your full names............
 
2Residential Address..............
 
3Your telephone numbers..........
 
4.A copy of your identity or driving license..
 
5 Martial Status........................
 
6 Your profession.....................
 
 
 
Best Regards
Mr Cedric Kokoh
 
 
 

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