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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: "john bosco" <johnbosco_azi1991@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 22:56:16 +0900 (KST)
Subject: =?utf-8?B?77u/R3JlZXRpbmdzIGZyb20gSm9obmJvc2NvIEF6aSw=?=

Greetings from Johnbosco Azi,
 
Dear Sir,

Complement of the day, I am Johnbosco Azi, the only child and Son of late Chief Pascal Azi,I contacted you because i believe that you are a honest and sincere person who will sincerely assist me in this transaction and I wish to request for your assistance in a financial transaction that I will want to invest in Manufacturing and real estate management in your country.

I am from Liberia and my late father was an international businessman and a cocoa marchant, my father was killed by rebels in Abidjan on September 19 2012 and as his only child and Son the Rebels are also seeking to kill me.

I am 21 year old. Please I am honorably seeking your assistance in the following ways.
1) To provide any bank account where this money would be transferred into.
2) To serve as the guardian of this fund.
3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a residential permit for me in your country.


Before the death of my Father he deposited (ten million five hundred USD dollars )$10.5 Million in a suspense account in a bank in Abidjan before his death.

Please I am asking you to assist me so that this funds can be transferred to your account for Investment.

Every documents about the funds is legal.


God bless you,
Johnbosco Azi.


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