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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: Miss Joy <missjoyfarigaa@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:21:04 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Hello My Dearest One


Hello My Dearest One

Good day and how are you today? I hope fine? After going through your profile, permit me to inform you of my desire of asking you to stand as my next of kin and my late father business partner in your country and then help me out in what i am about to tell you. I know this may sound strange to you , receiving a mail from an unknown person, but my condition has forced me to do that.After i have gone through your profile on America Catalog which my late father bought on his last business trip to United State Of America
 
 
I'm Miss. Joy Mariam 18 years old, the only child of Late Mr.Koroma Fariga who was killed by Rebel as they enter into Abidjan City, My Father is a very rich businessman, a wealthy cocoa Merchant, and closed friend to ousted  president Laurent Gbagbo who 's in Hague for war crime against humanity now.
 
Before the death of my father, told me that he has the sum of  $15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million United States Dollars) funds was deposited  with my name as his only child.
 
Although,I stoped my education immediately after the death of my father as there is no one that could assist to take care of my welfare.I have separated from our these evil uncles and at the moment,I am surviving my life here Assylum camp under United Nations in Ghana_Cote D Ivoire border
 
Frankingly speaking,since I left my country ,Cote D Ivoire.,life is very hard for me now since the help we recieve from them here is not enough to take care of my needs. So I will be very happy if you can do everything within your power immediately to help me so that we can move this money out from finances house into your own bank account there, and this way,myself will go out from here and come over to stay with you and from there,you will be able to help me to complete my education and also invest this money into a profitable joint business for our both mutual benefits,hence all arrangements and plans will be done by you
 
Once i receive your message,I will send you all the finance house  and introduces you to finance house as my next of kin and my foreign partner in your country, then send you the finance house contacts for your formal introduction from your own side, You shall then be giving me information on how you're going with them.I shall also send my photos to you and i shall also need yours own too,and no matter what your decision may turn out to be, please i beg you to keep this highly secret for my safety, as i believe that those people that killed my Daddy are still after me.
 


Thanks and God bless you .
Best regards,
Miss Joy Mariam Fariga

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