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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: Samson Yapi <yapi_samson@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: samsonyapi01@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 21:31:54 +0100
Subject: Appeal for assistance



Appeal for assistance

Dearest,

Greeting in the name of our Good God,I am Samson Yapi, the only
surviving child of late Mr & Mrs Desire Asségnini Yapi,The former
Interior minister in Laurent Gbagbo’s government,I am 17 years old
young man,please do not betray me after trusting you.

My late parents,Mr & Mrs Desire Asségnini Yapi, died of shrapnel
wounds sustained when members of the Republican Forces stormed the
presidential palace to arrest Mr.Gbagbo on April 12, 2011.

You can find out this on the web page Ivory Coast arrest of the former
president Laurent Gbagbo
http://www.afriqueavenir.org/en/2011/04/13/gbagbo-minister-dies-from-shrapne
l-wounds/

He was the acting Minister of Interior in the government that was
formed following that agreement before his appointment in the
aftermath of the 28 November post election crisis as the general
secretary of the presidency.

I want you to help me to receive my inheri tance in your country,I am
prepared to give you 25% percentage of the total amount,as commission
for assisting me. According to the bank last week,they said that I am
the only person that can direct them on where and when to make the
transfer.


I am pleading you as a God fearing person to help me in the following ways,

1) Receive my inheritance in any of your account in country.
2) To serve as my guardian.
3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further
my education as soon as my inheritance is transferred to your account.
4) To help me invest part of the money in a profitable ventures while
I go back to school.
I will be waiting for your urgent response and phone call as soon as
you read this mail for more details.

God bless You
Samson Yapi


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