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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: Miss Eunice <misseunicella2014@gmail.com>
Reply-To: misseunicella2012@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 12:00:02 +0000
Subject: MY PRIVATE TELEPH NO: (+225) 06903764.

Greetings.

I thank you for makeout time to reply my mail message and I hope this
mail meets you in good time. However strange or surprising this
contact might seem to you as we have not meet personally or had any
dealings in the past, I humbly ask that you take due consideration of
its importance and immense benefit.
Though, many unbelievable things are happening nowadays in our
world,but i still believe that people of reality still exist, and it
takes one day for two different people of different race to be in
unity and peaceful life indeed.
I am Miss. Eunice Ella Simeon from FRANCE but currently residing in
IvoryCoast. I am the Daughter of the late Mr. Richard I. Simeon, I
wish to request for your assistance in an immediate transaction. My
late Father was a contractor and a Crude Oil Merchant before his
death. The death of my Father was as the result of injury which he got
through a gun-shot which occured on the 28th of Feb, 2011; during the
political crisis in the country ( Ivory Coast ), on his sick bed, he
instructed me and my mother to look for a foreigner who will assist us
for an investment overseas.
He disclosed to us about the sum of Five Million Three hundred
thousand Dollars (US$5.3M) which he kept for Investment in one of the
prime Bank here, i have with me here the bank contact information
together with the documents covering the deposit of the fund for the
clearification of your doubt.
The most painful part of it is that after several months of funeral of
my late Father, My uncles and some members of the family started
treating us bad with their human wickedness and diabolic powers;
thereby forcing my mother out of her matrimonial home which at the end
they eliminated my mother and left me motherless and fatherless. I
humbly seek your assistance to retrieve this fund and transfer it into
your bank account for investment in your country.
Therefore, I am crying and seeking for your kind assistance in the
following ways: (1) To provide a safe bank account where the money
will be transferred for investment, (2) To make arrangement for me to
come over to your country to further my education, and to secure a
resident permit for me in your country.

Consider this and get back to me so that i can provide you with more
information about this business relationship. My computer is unable to
respond to attachment files, I will send my picture or passport in my
next mail once i hear from you today.
Sincerely yours,
Eunice.

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