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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: Clara Toure <claratoure2012@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Clara Toure <clara.toure22@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2014 19:45:25 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Clara


Dear,

My name is Clara Toure, I am an investment banker based in Syria. I worked
with Al-Shufi investment Company in Syria as an investment officer for
many years before the outbreak of the civil unrest there which forced some of
us to relocate to different parts of the world.
I write you based on the request of one of the beneficiaries to our client, an
European who lost his life to the civil unrest in Syria. Due to the unending unrest
in Syria, his children and next of kin moved their late father's funds out from
Syria to different security companies in Africa and Europe for safe keeping and
investments pending when they can safely leave Syria and come over to the place
of domicile of the receiver of the funds to get their share of the funds.

I am therefore contacting you directly to solicit for your kind assistance in
receiving these funds totaling usd$17million (SEVENTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES
DOLLARS ONLY) on behalf of my clients children for investment purposes in your
country. All we need is a trusted and honest individual  who can receive
these funds from the security company in Ivory Coast Africa on behalf of my
clients children and keep them safe there pending their arrival to receive
their share of the funds.

For doing this, we are prepared to give you 30% of the funds while 60% goes to
them. 8% will come to me as my commission while 2% will be used to offset any
expenses that might be incurred in the course of moving the funds from the
security companies in Ivory Coast Africa to your account anywhere you desire
the funds to be deposited for investment purposes.

Provide to me your complete details including; NAME AND ADDRESS, OCCUPATION AND
POSITION, SEX AND AGE, DIRECT CONTACT DETAILS such as mobile number, fax
number, and email contact and a valid identification DOCUMENT.


I look forward to getting a favorable response from you.

YOURS TRULY,
CLARA

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