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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: Daniel Saquee <dsaquee11@live.com>
Reply-To: sdanielcynthia@ymail.com
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:12:46 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Greetings From Daniel and Cynthia.




>From Daniel and Cynthia Saquee

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.

phone: +22508895145







Dear ,



Our Greetings to you. I know that this mail may appear strange to you.But please it is borne out of a desperate need for assistance as several events prompted me to contact a completely foreign person (you) for assistance and desire for a business relationship with you.



I am Daniel Saquee the only son of late Chief. Gilbert Saquee from Sierra Leone. My source of your contact gave me the courage and confidence to rely on you. I am writing you in absolute confidence primarily to seek your assistance to transfer the amount of Eight Million five hundred thousand United States dollars($8.500,000.00) now in the custody of a bank here in Abidjan to your private account in your country and for you to help me and my sister to get our papers to come over to your country for upward investment of the money in good business venture which you will serve as an overseer and for the continuation of our education.



Iam 19 years old and my sister Cynthia is 16.Our father, late Chief.Gilbert Saquee was before his death a diamond and precious stone merchant in our country Sierra Leone. He was killed during the civil war in my country by the forces loyal to the Government on the allegations that he was sponsoring the rebels, this caused us to run to cote d'ivoire with our late mother. But on getting to Cote d'ivoire our mother developed a heart ailment which claimed her life. but before she died she gave me the documents of the money which our late father deposited in a bank here in cote d'ivoire. which is ($m8.500,000.00) She told us that our late father reached an agreement with the bank that the money is for onward transfer to a foreign account and entered my name his only son as the next of kin. She pleaded that I should look for a good and trust worthy person abroad who will help me to transfer this money out of here and help me and my sister to come over to his
or her country to continue our education and investment of the money.



I have visited the bank and met the director who assured me that the money is intact and that once I submits the details of the foreign partner in whose account the money will be transferred to, that the bank will commence the transfer proceedings immediately.



So We need help from you to help us submit your name to the bank as our fathers foreign business partner and transfer this money to your account for investment purpose and help us get our traveling papers for us and invite us to your country without cheating us or doing bad to us on my arrival with my younger sister for the investment of the money and the continuation of our education.



Regarding to what our late mother told us, we are willing to give you 20% of the money after the transfer of the money and the rest will be invested in good business,which you shall serve as the overseer while we continue our education.



please mail us immediately to know your stand and kindly treat this email as confidential.



You can also reach us on this phone number: +22508895145 for more explanations.



God bless you as we await your reply.





Yours sincerely,

Daniel and Cynthia Saquee

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