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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: <sandrakoroma@anyemails.com>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 06:14:53 -0400
Subject: Can you honestly help =?UTF-8?Q?me=3F?=

Miss Sandra Koroma,
Lot 25 House N° 4,
Cote D'Ivoire .
use this email address to get back to me sandrakoroma_23@yahoo.co.jp

Greetting.

Many thanks for your response to my message; I appreciate your kind gesture
to find time to give

response to my message to you.

First and foremost and brief self introduction, I am Miss Sandra Koroma,
23years old and the only

daughter of my late parents Mr. and Mrs. Koroma Farooq My father was a
highly reputable business

man who operated in the capital of Ivory Coast during his days It is sad to
say that he passed

away by eating a poison with food in a year 12th.Feb. 2009.

Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been
masterminded by his uncle who

travelled with him at that time. But Almighty God knows the truth! My
mother died when I was

just 4 years old and since then my father took me so special, before his
death on February 12th.

2009 he called me and disclose to me that he had a sum of $4.5 million
deposited in a Vault

company in London UK . He also said he used my name to Deposited the truck
box with the company

as only daughter, as well as the next of kin to the fund.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was
poisoned by one of is

family, that I should move out of his family vicinity and seek for a
foreign partner in a country

of my choice where I will transfer this money to and use it for investment
purposes.

Now I have decided to relocate to in your country and also transfer the
consignment along in my

coming, I want you to assist me in retrieve the truck box, and act for me
as the beneficiary of

the fund, and while come over and we invest it together. I am just 23 years
old and a high school

leaving certificate holder and really don't know what to do.

I have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of incessant political
crisis here in Ivory coast.

The death of my parents actually brought sorrow to my life.

Dearest one, I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this
regards your suggestions

and ideas will be highly regarded.

Can you honestly help me?

Please get back to me as soon as possible, and I want you to forward your
telephone and Fax

numbers in your response to enable me send you all necessary details as
regards to the procedure

of securing the box out from the vault company.

use this email address to get back to me sandrakoroma_23@yahoo.co.jp

Thank you so much,

Miss Sandra Koroma

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