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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 Nacolline & Tony Tureh" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <naco_tureh200@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 06:47:44 -0700
Subject: My dearest one

My dearest one
 
With due respect and humanity, I crave your indulgence at this mail coming from somebody you have not known before. I decided to do this after praying over the situation. You should please consider the transaction on its content and not the fact that you have not known me before. I got your contact from my research for who can assist me. Before We proceed, may I humbly introduce myself to you with all due respect, I am miss. Nacolline  Ahmed Tureh from Republique of Sierra Leone. But we baised and nactionalized  in Cote d'Ivoire with my late Parents Chief Dr and Mrs. Amy Johnson Ahmed Tureh, who was into cocoa/Cotton export as a big time farmer, My father died last  four years on 14th of march 2007  after a brief attcack, He died at the age of 57 years old. He was on his way to conference for peace called by United nation on 14th  march 2007 with his driver and Security men. The meeting was held in Basam, 350 kilometers from our resident. Along the road driving to the city, they were
Before the death of my father he deposited two big trunk boxes containing ($22.5.000.000) Million United State Dollars) with other family valuables with security company here in Cote d'Ivoire registered it as art work belonging to his foreign partner who will be coming for the release and export to abroad. He did it for security reason. I have not met with you before but I believed, one has to risk confident in confiding to sobody to have success sometimes in life.
Please, I want you to focus your mind in this transaction.It is risk free and legal and Genuine business. My junior brother and I ask for your assistance and permission to submit your name as my late father's foreign partner for release of this consignment and transfer/export to your country for safekeeping and investment. I humbly ask for you to response immediately with your Telephone/Fax numbers to enable me forward to you all the necessary documents concerning this deposit. Your can hear in BBC world news. That this country is no longer in peace, since they conducted their Presidential election on the 22nd October 2004 the country has witness all sort of political unrest ranging from ethnic clash which resulted civil war in this year. people are living in fears as the country is no longer that peaceful nation as it was before due to this reason I have decided to contact you, to assist us to lift this my consignment out of this country. So as to conclude this transaction and it would not last more than 14
 
May peace be with you as you read this message and reply to us,
Best regards.
Miss Nacolline & Tony Tureh 

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