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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: Anita Conde <anitaconde85@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 04:55:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Treat as Urgent From Anita Conde




FROM : Miss Anita Conde
FOR URGENT ATTENTION

 
 Dear,Mr/Mrs


 
 With regard to your reputation and co-worshipper of
 God who will not disappoint me nor deny me in faith,
 I am directing this letter of assistance to you. I
 am Miss Anita Conde  the daughter  of  Mr steven Conde
 from Republic of Guinee Conakry i  really in need to get
 somebody who will safe guard the interest of me and
 my treasure.  Briefly, my father Mr  Steven Conde
 was a successful
businessman who was based in
 Ghana.
My father was a wealthy businessman who was
so
 successful in his business ventures in his life time.
 According to my father, my own mother died when I
 was about six years of age which means that I did
 not even know my mother very well.
  The story is that my father
Mr Steven Conde
  was poisoned to
 death by his business associates about some months
 ago, and he died in a private hospital here in
 Ghana when he was about to die, he called me
 beside his sick bed and told me that he deposited
 the sum of Five Million seven hundred thousand United
 State Dollars (USD5.7M) in a confidence suspence account

 money was kept for me his only Daughter , Right now I am
 here in   Guinee conakry  in west africa
  My  problem now is that
 since my father has been poisoned to death by his
 business associates, I don't even trust any other
 person here again and to this effect, I do contact
 you. Right now, I want you to help me in the
 following ways: 
  1) I want you to help me extract this money from the
 bank here
and
then provide a bank account where this
 amount here (USD5.7M) can be transferred.
 2) You are going to be the manager of this fund and
 also my personal guardian until I finished my
 studies as I'm just 23 years old.
  3) You are going to procure admission for me to
 continue my studies in one of the known university
 in your country.
 4) That you must prepare immediately to make a
 working visit to  here so that me and you can
 see each other and we can then do the transfer of
 the fund to your account at the same time and I will
 go back with you to your country  for  the fund
 investment.
  5) You are going to receive 20% of the total sum for
 your assitance to me.
  I appreciate if you consider my condition and help
 me,and I am willing to proceed with you as soon as I
 have
your response. Please try to contact me
 through my  email anitaconde85@yahoo.com
 THIS BUSINESS IS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE NONE OF
 MY LATE FATHER 'S BROTHERS AND SISTERS KNOWS ABOUT
 THIS TRANSACTION.
 Waiting for your immediate response.
Thanks for your understanding
Miss  Anita Conde
 

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