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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: Cousin Sule <ssdd1@zax.att.ne.jp>
Reply-To: cousin_sule@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 19:42:09 +0900
Subject: From Cousin Sule Abidjan Ivory Coast


>From Cousin Sule Abidjan Ivory Coast

Greetings ,

Firstly, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day.

Let me start by first introducing myself properly to you. It may surprise you receiving this letter from me, since there was no previous correspondence between us. My name is Cousin Sule I am a closest friend to the son of former Ivory Coast president Mr. Laurent Gbagbo. The name of his son is Mr. Mitchell Gbagbo both of them in detention here right now over Ivory Coast crises Mitchell was arrested with his father and all the members of his family after many months of the civil war which was initiated by his father after failing to bow down when he was defeated in the last presidential election. This is not news again to the world. You can go to the internet and check Ivory Coast election crises

While in prison custody, Mitchell told me about a trunk box containing the sum of €48,000,000 million Euro on one of the days I went to visit him in the detention in confidence, that he moved this box out of the house 2 days before they were arrested and deposited the money in a private security company by that time all the banks in the country where closed. He arranged with their security guard in moving the box out of their house, with the knowledge of the parents.

Now Mitchell had instructed me to move this money out the from the security company for safe keeping. I am willing to offer you 25% of the total fund if you can assist me to retrieve this money from the trust company and transfer this fund to your country or any bank of your wish or keep it in your house till I meet you to discuss in details. You invest in a stable economy. My interest is in companies with potentials for rapid growth in long terms. As he did not know when he will be released and the bank account with the family names closed down by the new president of the country Mr. ALLASAN QUARTARA

I am interested in placing my fund in your country, if your
Country’s bi-laws allow foreign investment.
You can contact me for more details via my e-mail address with your reference.

My purpose of contacting you is for you to help secure the funds left behind by my good friend and family, to avoid it being confiscated or declared unserviceable by the security trust firm where this fund valued €48,800,000.00( forty Eight Million Eight Euro) deposited by my friend before his arrest by forces royal to PRESIDENT ALLASAN QUARTARA. The money was WILLED to him by his father the former president as the first son, the money is his inheritance from his father. When he noticed that the world is against them and they will be in trouble very soon, as no country supported them again.

This fund he inherited from my l father who excels as a president of his country from the year 2000 till his arrest by the new army in 2011 here in the country capital with his wife and members of the family.

According to my friend I should look for a foreigner from any country of my choice that will help me to move secure the money out of here and invest it for him abroad.

The security trust firm has been contacted and arrangement has been on top gear for the movement of this box now we are looking for the new beneficiary or the consignment will be declared unserviceable and the content declared open, So far all my efforts to get a hold of someone to be my foreign partner has been proved abortive. Hence, I have to contact you. I am actually asking for you to the security trust firm as the Next of Kin/beneficiary of my friend’s inherited fund, so the retrieve of the money will be done by you.

All the legal documentations to back up your claim as my foreign partner I shall provide to you like Deposit certificate and Agreement of Deposit. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us achieve this transaction.

Don’t fail to indicate interest by furnishing me with your private details phone, fax, address, occupation and age.

Names: _
Country: _ Private Address_
Zip code: _
Private Tel: _
Private Fax: _ _
Company name
Age
Occupation
Yours faithfully,

Mr.Cousin Sule


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