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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: "familyekuli ekuli" <ekuli94@web.de>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:51:26 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Hello From Miss Alice Ekuli

My name is Miss Alice Ekuli from Abidjan Ivory Coast and I will be 18years by november.I have an inheritance fund of six million four hundred thousand United States dollars (US6, 400,000.00) in a bank here in Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire from my Late father Sir Douglas Ekuli.He said that the money was meant for establishing his business in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Though, according to my father he deposited the money in his own name and mentioned me in the documents as the next of kin .Before his death he advised me to seek for a trust worthy person abroad who will help me invest and manage this money for me until i am capable to handle it. Now I have succeeded in locating the bank in Abidjan and also confirmed the money is in there confidentiality. 

Please I need your assistance to get this money transfer and invested in your country on my behalf because  the bank said from the agreement my father has with them that i can only claim the money directly when i am upto 25 years or i should present a guardian who will help me in receiving the money for investment purposes in his or her country if am not upto 25 years. Now I am seeking for your assistance to help me transfer out this money from this bank he deposited it to your account so that you can be able to manage and invest it in any good business in your country and also help me to move out from here so that I can continue my education which stopped since my father's death. 

Please if you are ready to stand as my guardian for the bank to transfer it to you on my behalf am willing to give you 25% from the inheritance for standing as my guardian and also know that you are going to manage and invest the remaining for me .Please i am on my kneels begging you to accept standing as my guardian so that my inheritance be transfer out from here. kindly get back to me immediately for more details and If for any reason you will not be able to assist me on this  please write me back so that i can  look for another person.attached is my picture and the document my late father gave me concerning the money in the bank.Please i will be hoping to hear from you.Please you should write me back on my private email address which is: miss.aliceekuli@e-mail.ua

From the Little Orphan

Miss Alice Ekuli 
Email: miss.aliceekuli@e-mail.ua

  

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