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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: suzanboni <suzanboni1@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: suzanboni001@rediffmail.com
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:02:40 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: God bless you


God Bless you.
I am Mrs Suzan Boni Bedie.
It's my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I and my Daugther Prinsca intend to establish in your country through you,Though I have not met with you before but I believe one has to risk, confiding in someone to
succeed sometimes in life.
 
This fund is the only thing i  inherited from all my late husband properties,My late husbad deposited this fund in one of the prime bank here in Abidjan the capital city of our country cote d ivoire with my name as the princepal beneficialry and next of kin to the fund the sum of five million united state dollars ($,5,000,000.00) before the political crisis in our country which started on 10 december 2010 cause by our else president mr laurent Gbagboo who refuse to accept defeat from his oponet mr Alassane Ouattara.

After  the arest of mr laurent Gbagboo by the french minitries in our country and united nation minitries,it is sad to tell you that my late husband was a vivtim of death in that crisis  due to his position as the political Godsfather to the else presiden mr laurent Gbagboo .

After the death of my late husband his entire family members hold a meeting for me and my daugther prinsca to send us out of my late husbad house for not been able to give my late husband a male child that will awnser his name.

For that reason i and my daugther was ask to leave the house and surrender all the properties belonging to my late husband in our posstion as tradition demand.

I am contacting you base of on hummanity to assiste us transfer this fund to your bank account and relocate to stay with you in your country for the investment of the fund.

I am going to give you 20pecent of the total fund for helping me transfer this fund out of africa to your country and relocate to your country if only you will be honest with me.

We shall invest the fund into any profitable business in your country and you will manage the business for 3years before i will be capeble to take over and every profit we made from the business will be share fifty fifty .

We shall procede to the bank on how the fund will be transfer to your account as soon as i hear from you.
 I decieded to invest this fund in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security purposes..

I await your soonest response.
Extend my warmest regards to your entire family.
Thank you and God bless you.
Sincerely
>From Mrs Suzan Boni
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



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