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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: "Mrs. Rebecca Tobyi Nelson" <officialinfo@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: officialinfoemail@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 17:39:58 +0600 (BDT)
Subject: 18/03/2014

Good Day

How are you doing today? I am contacting you just to inform you about the
transaction which I so much believed that you will welcome these Great
opportunity.

A friend of mine whose late father was former deputy Finance Minister and
Economic Planning in republic of Cote d’Ivoire during the regime of former
president Laurent Gbagbo contacted me early hour today for this Good News
which we can easily execute within one week.

This friend of mine made me to understand that before the civil war
started in republic of Cote d’Ivoire, his late father already made a
deposit of Fifty Million United State of American dollars only
($50,000,000.00) in a private Security Company in Republic of Benin
Cotonou for Safe Keeping and investment projects.

Right now the family is ready to making use of the fund, in which they
decided to send one of their trusted family members who was among the
teams that accompany their late father during the time he made deposit to
the Security Company in Republic of Benin Cotonou to represent the family
over there in Republic of Benin Cotonou for claim and invest the fund into
any lucrative venture anywhere in the world.

According to the family representative who is currently in Republic of
Benin Cotonou, as he claimed the Trunk Box out from Security Company,
before he realized that the money was defaced into Black Coded Form for
security reasons, in which the family has applied for the chemical in
Republic of Benin Cotonou, but remains the “Activate Chemical Solution”
which the chemist directed them to Brazil where the chemical can be
secured.

What really motivated me to contact you into this deal is because the
family have the money to pay for the “Activate Chemical Solution” in
Brazil "Four Hundred and Sixty Thousand United State of American Dollars
only" (US$460,000.00), but they cannot get any trusted one who will travel
to Brazil and pick up the Chemical and deliver to Republic of Benin
Cotonou due to VISA problem, because Brazil government has restricted
their VISA to West African nationals, based on this problem the family
contacted me for solution and assistant, in which I told them that I have
a business associate who can travel to Brazil, because as American, Europe
or Asian citizen he has every immunity to travel and Pick up the Chemical
Solution at same time deliver right into Republic of Benin Cotonou because
Europeans, Canadians, Asians and Americans are VISA free to Republic of
Benin Cotonou.

Meanwhile I stated my Terms and Condition to the family as follow:-

1. The family will arrange flight ticket for you in advance.
2. They will compensate us with 20% of the total amount of the money which
is Fifty Million United State of American dollars only ($50,000,000.00),
meaning our share is US$10,000,000.00 in which both of us will share
50/50.

Furthermore, as soon as you arrived in Brazil, their family representative
over there in Brazil will immediately hand over the sum of US$1,000.00 to
you in advance to enable you take care of your hotel and other expenses in
Brazil and Republic of Benin Cotonou.

Please I need an urgent answer from you so that we can proceed further.
On receipt of your reply, I will send to you the attached files to view
the pictures of the Black Coded defaced money as I explain to you above
and Developing Machine for the Job. Their late father defaced this money
into this form to enable them break security system in Republic of Benin
Cotonou during the time he move this fund into Republic of Benin Cotonou.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Rebecca Tobyi


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