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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: "Leonard =?UTF-8?B?VGFww6kgRG9o?=" <leotadoh50@inbox.lt>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:23:24 +0300
Subject: ASSISTANCE FOR INVESTMENT.


 
From Leonard Tapé Doh,
Abidjan Cote D’Ivoire.
Assistance for Investment.

Greeting's,

  My name is Leonard Tapé Doh, the only son of Mr. Lucien Tapé Doh, the former President of the Board of Directors of the Bourse of Café-Cacao “Cocoa-Coffee” (BCC) Production and marketing, which is one of the major natural resources here in Cote d’Ivoire. My father was arrested in June 2008 after many years in service, and was accused of Developing Funds to promote illegal activities in the production areas due to envy from his colleagues.

After he was released from the prison, he became seriously sick and was admitted to the hospital where he  mysteriously passed away few months later due to contaminated dieases and hepatitis while in the prison. But before he was arrested, he told me that he made a deposit with one of the leading banks here in the sum of $5,580.000.00 (Five  Million Five Hundred & Eighty Thousand USD),and advised me to look for a foreign partner in case he dies, who will be capable to invest the money into any good investment on my behalf based on the fact that the money was deposited as a collateral deposit of assets belonging to a foreign investor for security reasons

I have visited the bank where the deposit was made for the claim, but because of the nature of the deposit, i am now seeking for your kind assistance to stand for me in the supposed beneficiary space (Foreign Investor) to enable the bank to release the money to you as my late father`s foreign business partner/my guardian.

I need to transfer this money over to your country for any good investment, also to enable me continue with my education, and i will be willing to give you 25% of the total amount for your help after the transfer of the money into any of your bank account in abroad.

Please see the website for confirmation.

http://www.abidjan.net/qui/profil.asp?id=131 

Thank you and God bless you as i wait for your response.

Respectfully yours,

Leonard Tapé Doh.

Please reply me back on this email:leotadoh20@ymail.com


 

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