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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: =?UTF-8?B?6K+35aGr5YaZ5oKo55qE5aeT5ZCN?= <linda1ci@yeah.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 08:36:29 +0800 (CST)
Subject: HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM LINDA





My Dear one,


I am Miss Linda Gaye and my junior brother Hassan Gaye, the only child and
daughter of Late Mr and Mrs Vincent Gaye Our father was a very
wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan , the economic capital of Ivory Coast ,
our father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their
outings on a business trip.

Our mother died when we was a little children and since then our father took us so special. Before the death of our father on 30th June 2009 in a private
hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called us on his bed side and told us
that he has the sum of Nine million,500 hundred thousand United State Dollars. USD($9,500,000) 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. he also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that
he was poisoned by his business ssociates. That 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 management or hotel
management.

Dear, I am honourably seeking for your assistance in the following ways:
(1) To provide a bank account into which this money would be transferred to.
(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 22 years.
(3) To make arrangement for us to come over to your country to further our
education and to secure a resident permit in your country.

Moreover, dear, we are willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as
compensation for your effort/ input after the successful transfer of this
fund into your nominated account overseas.

Furthermore, you indicate your options towards assisting us as we believe
that this transaction would be concluded within fourteen (14) days you
signify interest to assist me.

This fortune we have revealed to you should remain confidential as it only
you who we have told about it.

Anticipating to hear from you soon.

Thanks and God Bless.
Yours faithfully
Miss Linda and Hassan Gaye
PLEASE FORWARD YOUR REPLY TO THIS EMAIL: goodones@voila.fr FOR EASY REPLY




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