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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: Cisse Adin <mrcisseadin@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:18:05 +0200
Subject: BUSINESS

Greetings to you !

My name is Mr. Cisse Adin. I am a bank Official in Togo. I got your contact
from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of International Trade
and industry. I need your help to transfer the sum of US$5.612,000.00 into
your account as my foreign partner. The money is part of the profits made
by our bank last year in the branch which I am currently the manager. I
have already submitted the annual report for last year to my bank head
quarters and nobody noticed the excess profits. I deposited this sum
US$5.612,000.00 in an escrow account without a beneficiary (Anonymous) to
avoid any trace.

I cannot be directly connected with this funds because I am still working
with the bank. So, this is a deal and I need your help to transfer this
money to any bank account you can provide so that you and I will share the
funds amongst ourselves. I wish to point out 10% of this funds to be shared
among charity organizations of our choice, then 90% will be divided between
us, I agree you will take 40% of the funds as my foreign partner and 50%
would be for me. There is no risk involved in this transaction because it
will be a bank-to-bank transfer directly into your account with 7 bank
working days. All I need from you is to stand as my foreign partner and
beneficiary of the funds to enable you present a foreign bank account where
the it will be credited into.

However, this transaction will be carried out under legitimate arrangement
that will protect you and me from any breach of the law. So please, if this
business proposal offends your moral ethics, do accept my sincere apology.
If on the other hand you willing and able to achieve this goal with me,
don't hesitate to quickly get back to me with your telephone number for
further explanations and instructions.

I look forward to an early reply from you. My Regards to you!

Sincerely,

Mr. Cisse Adin

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