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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: "Mrs.Mercy Wilson" <lvc_2020@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: mrsmercywilson11@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:05:08 +0100 (BST)
Subject: From Mrs.Mercy Wilson,


Dear Beloved,

I am Mrs.Mercy Wilson from Cote d'ivoire, in West Africa. I married to late Dr.William Wilson. My husband was a well known rich businessman in this Country Cote d'ivoire, he exports Gold/ Timber to many Countries in the world and he was a political advicer to the formal president of this Country  Cote d'ivoire  Pressident Laurent Gbagbo, who is now  in Holand ( World Prison yard ).

My late husband Dr.William Wilson died on the 15th of january 2011. He was killed by (his political opponents) during the last presidential election that was conducted here in this Country Cote d'ivoire on 30th of October 2010, betwen formal president Laurent Gbagbo and the new elected president Mr Alassan Quattara who is now the new elected president of Cote d'ivoire.

After the election, there was a very big political crisis that started in this Country to the extent that Millions of our citizens were killed including my own husband. My husband was killed by his Related brothers that belongs to other political group. They killed my husband, and destroyed most of our landed properties including our residential home. They wanted to kill me with my only daughter Mary, luckly to us,we were saved by a Miliitary officer whom God used to save our life that very day. The Millitary officer took us to one of the big camp were i and my daughter are living till today.

Since then,The same people that killed my late husband destroyed all my late husband landed properties including all the motors, demolished our houses, are still threating to kill me and my only daughter. As i am writing to you know, I and my daughter mary are living in this Camp with fear because of this wicked people, and  this same people are into the ruling Government of the new elected president Mr Alassan Quattara .

My late Husband deposited ( Five Million Dollars ) in Security And Finance Firm here in this Country when he was alive, and he told me that he used my name as the next of kin when he deposited the fund.  This very fund is still in Security And Finance Firm till today, because of the present situation where i and my daughter lives in danger here in this Country for almost one year and some months because of this Murderers, i have decided to transfer this fund outside this country befor it will be too late for me. I thought by now they have taken over the Government,that they will stop threaten my life, but yet they want to Eliminate i and my daughter lives so that no living bieng will exist in my family.


I can not support the situation anymore and i and my daughter will not keep living in hiden and fears. So, i request for your urgent assistance to help me transfer this fund to your Country so that i and my daughter  will relocate to your Country to invest the fund,to save our lives from danger here in this Country and to start a new life there in your Country for our better future.

I took this decision to transfer this fund (US$5,000.000.00) to your account because there in nothing again left for i and my daughter here in this Country except this fund because all that i have achived with my late husband has been destroy by those wicked killers and the best thing for us to do now, is to leave this Country befor it will be too late for us.

I will offer you 30% of the total Fund as soon as you assist me to transfer and help us to relocate to there immediately after the successful transfer.  The 70% of the Fund will be invested  in any project which you will advice me to establish in your Country.

I promise you that any project or business by which we are going to invest this fund into, the income benefit will be share between  both of us 50%-50% . Reply me urgently with your full contact information as stated below:

1. Full Name:
2. Residential/Home Address:
3. Private/Direct Phone No:
4. Your Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Country Of Origin.

I await your urgent reply.

Sincerely,
Mrs.Mercy Wilson.

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