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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: "RICHARD BLANC" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <richardblanc1960@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 18:09:18 -0700
Subject: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!!!

Good day,

How are you today. First I most solicit strictest confidence to you and I pray that my desire to contact you will be given me genuine approvals considering the fact we have not know each other before which to use this opportunity to introduce myself to you.

I am richard blanc from Cote D'Ivoire, I am writing to inform you my desire to invest and buy a living house in your country, I am the child of late Hon Peter blanc my Father diamond merchant is in my country before he died.

My father was killed during the war in Cote D'Ivoire, before my father was kill he reveal to me about the Consignment of $12.5.million's which he deposited with a bank here in Accra Ghana for safe keeping and investment purpose.
Presently i am in Ghana since my father died to notify the bank for the claims, and i stay in the refugees camp here.

I went to the bank for the claims of the money and the and the bank told me that before the money can be release to me from the bank i need a foreign partner overseas to receive the consignment because that was the Contract Bond Signed between my late father and the bank, which I want you to lecture me on how best i can invest this consignment in your country, because my father told me that it's is dangerous to invest this money in Africa, due to market instability facing African countries that is why i
want to invest in abroad.

For your assistance, i have agreed to offer foreign partner 20% of the total amount of the money for your assistance, i have all the vital Document covering the money are with me.

Please note that I want you to keep it confidential alone. Which I will want you give me your fullnames and phone numbers to my email (richardblanc1960@gmail.com) so that I can give you more information about
the transaction. Hope to here from you shortly
God bless you'' as you Do.
Best regard
richard blanc

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