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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: "Joel M. Jhlassi" <humblejoel43@msn.com>
Reply-To: <humblejoel@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:10:31 +0000
Subject: Will you be there for me? (Confidential I Need Trust)



Greetings,
I hoped that
this email finds you in good health. Really I came across your profile
on internet magazine. I'm Joel M. Jhlassi 17yrs old boy from Ivory
Coast. Today I am unhappy because I lost my lovely father and two of my
blood sisters, Marina and Sabina during the political crisis attack in
2002. I and my mother survived the attack, two weeks later my mother
fail sick and she died of heart attack since then I have been left all
along with my late father relatives.

My late parents
deal on cocoa business and they spent most of their time on cocoa
plantations investment which gives them a lot of money. My late parents
have made a deposit of values what’s of ten million euros with a prime
security company in England, due to security reason the real content of
the consignment was not disposed to the security company in England
neither the attorney just for our family safety. Please i need

Actually I have
decided to contact you base on my late father relative’s selfish
interest and wicked heartless behavior on me. My aim is to further my
education and start a new life in your country while you will help me
invest my money in a locomotive business and manage it for me. The
political crisis have started again since December 2010 and is still
going on up to date I don’t want to die in the rebels attack this time
around please help me receive the sum in your country. I urge you to
flourish me all your vital information’s such as your full name, home
address, country, sex, age, occupation, mobile number. Base on your
positive response and assurance I shall introduce you to the legal
attorney in London as my late parents business partner and my guardian.

I am ready to give you any amount you want as compensation, but will you be there for me?

Waiting.
Joel M. Jhlassi


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