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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: Ms.Joyce Kouassi <joycekouassi1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: joyce_k247@yahoo.com
Date: 19 Jan 2012 13:38:02 +0000
Subject: Hello Dear

Hello My Dear, Please permit me and accept my apology for sending to you this sensitive message via internet instead of a Certified post-mail, please it is due to some circumstances beyond my control, I hope you will understand and bear with me, please I want you to read my message very patiently so that you will understand my point, I will start from introducing myself properly, My name is Ms. Joyce Kouassi 22 years old girl, I am currently in ASIA BANGKOK THAILAND right now, but my origin is AFRICA. I relocated to BANGKOK THAILAND here due to my inheritance because my late father was an international business man An oil merchant and he died during the recent political crisis in my country as a result of struggling to get most of his asset moved abroad, I am the only child and I lost my Mother when I was 6 years, after going through your profile in my search for a reliable person to work with me, I was convinced and decided to contact you as the right person for my assistance with believe that you will never disappoint me in any way. My main reasons for contacting you is because I have a business proposition for you and your urgent assistance is highly needed to enable me achieve my goals and secure my life and inheritance. My point is that I am seriously in need of a very reliable Person, who will assist me in my investment plans and also get my inherited money transfer out of this country. My entire dream is to find somebody in your country whom I can trust with my future life and inheritance especially in the area of my investments. Why I am here in BANGKOK THAILAND today is because my late father deposited the total sum of (US$ 11.500,000.00 Eleven Million Five Hundred Thousand USD) in a Bank here in BANGKOK THAILAND, the fund was deposited with the name of my late father as the depositor while my name stands as the next of kin to the deposit, and after the death of my father I relocated to BANGKOK THAILAND here to meet and negotiate with the Bank officials for the release of the fund to me as the next of kin to the deposit, I have all the deposit documents intact with me. I just want you to stand as my foreign partner so that the Bank here will transfer the money into your account then you will assist me to invest the money in a profitable ventures, although my wish is to invest in HOSPITAL EQUIPEMENTS /AUTOMOBILES /AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS and REAL ESTATE; I need to invest the money in your country for safety purposes because of the situation of my country as we do not have fair investment opportunities due to frequent political crisis. Please be informed that this project is operating very legal and it is 100% risk free the money is legally acquired by my late father through sales of Oil and must be invested in legitimate ventures all the legal documents confirming the source and origin of the money are intact with me. I am willing to offer you 10% of the investment for your assistance. All I need from you is to be completely honest and faithful to me and come up with a maximum co-operation so that we can work together as business partners. My question to you now is this, Can I trust in you? If I can trust in you, kindly get back to me immediately with your full information's, such as your full name, home and office address private telephone number. As soon as I hear from you, I will give you the full details about this project and every other needed information about myself. I am eagerly waiting to hear from you so that I will give you the full details of the Bank where the money is. Please in case if you are not in a good position to work with me I will appreciate you inform me immediately so that I will start making an urgent alternative arrangement with another person without much delay. I am eagerly waiting for your urgent response. Remain Blessed. Yours Faithfully Joyce.

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