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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: Flora Abbe <fleurabbe@gmail.com>
Reply-To: fleurabbe2@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 08:45:11 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: From: Miss Fleur Abbey


From: Miss Fleur AbbeyAbidjan, Ivory CoastWest Africa.
RE: APPEAL FOR URGENT & CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE!
Dear, 
I
am introducing myself to you as Miss Fleur Abbey  the only daughter of
late Chief and Mrs.
Assegnini Abbey. My father was a very wealthy military  man here in
Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast; my father was sought
during this last presidential elections crisis that takes many peoples
life, My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me
so special. Before my father final dead in a private hospital here in
Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has
the sum of two million, five hundred thousand United State Dollars
($US2.5M) left in fixed / suspense account in one of the prime bank here
in Abidjan, that he used my name as his only daughter for the next of
Kin in depositing of the fund That due to the incessant political crisis
in this country and to avoid been kill by his enemies, I should seek
for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer
this money and use it for investment purpose such as real estate or
hotel management. 
Please, I am honorably seeking your assistance in the following ways:
(1) To help me transferred this fund into your bank account:
(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I
am still a small girl:
(3)
To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my
education and also to secure a resident permit in your country:
Moreover,
I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your
effort/ input after the successful transfer of this fund into your
nominated account overseas. Furthermore, Please  indicate your options
towards assisting me as my life is not save here because of uncle want
to take my fathers wealth, please reply back to me as soon as you finish
reading this email so that I can give more detailsi wait to hear from you urgently.

Thanks and God bless.Yours Sincerely,

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