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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: rose houry <rosehoury48@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 22:15:34 +0000
Subject: Contact Mrs Rose


Mrs Rose Houry

Abidjan Ivory Coast

W/Africa



Brief introduction I am Mrs. Rose Houry , married to late Engr. Johnson
Houry Citizen of cook island who worked with an oil company in Abidjan
Ivory Coast. He died in the year 2012 as a result of Boko Haram bomb
attaches in Abuja Nigeria. I and my late husband have been married and
leave in Africa planning to visit Cook Island which we could not do before
his death.

I have decided to leave Africa now back to cook island due to sham
and insecurity
here because this marriage made me change my family religion/Name from
Islam to become a Christian where I find peace because of this my family
here in Africa rejected me because I did not married to a Muslim as they
wish so this has effected me since the death of my beloved husband,
all because
of the hatreds the Muslim have on Christians here, as I have decided to
marry a Christian they now all hated me and rejected me not to be part of
the family after the death of my husband, which the made me to come back to
Abidjan ivory Coast as this where I and late husband meet before his job
relocated us Nigeria where he meet his death because of this evil running
boko Haram members .

I and my son planed to move to cook island but we are finding it so
difficult here because this country has no embassy here ,so we have decided
to relocate to your country with the of $4.6Million USD my late husband
deposited with commercial A bank here in Abidjan Ivory Coast for
investment before his death , if you can help to invest this fund we
will be grate full , as we don’t have any relation there in your country we
need your assistance , on this , you have to receive this funds which
the bank here will transfer out from my late husband account to your local
account in your country ,You have to lead us in the area which we have to
invest these funds so that it will benefit for both of us, this exactly
what we need from you now. if you are honest and capable to handle this
funds, for us we have to ask the bank to contact you as our partner that
will provide an account for the release of this funds .

We have to give you more details after your reply on this. Get back to me
with your phone number for discussion

I am waiting to hear from you

Mrs Rose Houry

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