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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: Emmanuel John <emmanuel01williams@gmail.com>
Reply-To: emm_john1@yahoo.ca
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 21:08:36 +0000
Subject: Dearest

Dearest

I know really that this message will come to you as a surprise but
please permit me to introduce myself to you because i am seriously in
need of your assistance.My name is Emmanuel John.

I have a serious problem which is an injury that lingers in my soul
for almost ten months now and I want somebody who is reliable and
honest who will advise or give me help and suggestion on how to
overcome the crisis. my mother is not longer alive here in Abidjan as
I am writing you and recently My Beloved Dad join his ancestors
through the hand evil politicians who accused my father of supporting
the past president Laurent Gbagbo who is now in prison in Holland and
since then the rebels and supporters of the present government are
seeking a way to eliminate my life after assassinating my father and
by the grace of God I exkept from the hand of the rebels and ran to
hide in Capital city of our country Abidjan IVORYCOAST for the
security of my life.

How I wish I will see you now in my country and we talk to each other
at present. My father before his death was a chairman of cocoa dealers
here in Bouake Ivory Coast that was when I am still a student at the
federal college of Abidjan. but I stop school after the death of my
father and, as am writing you now, all my hope and dream of future was
shattered and spread to the sky as I don't know what to do,

My father left a big amount of money with the bank USD 3.5MILLION
DOLLARS, and I don't know about this, it was on the 10th of October
last year that our family lawyer kindly hand over to me the documents
covering the deposit and the WILL my father wrote and the instruction
on how I will utilize the money, Meanwhile I don't know what actually
what to do with this money because of shattered brain and life line,
that is why I contacted you so that you can advise me and also help or
give me suggestion how I will handle the inheritance and also help me
to transfer this fund to your account over in your country because
right here i am scared of my life due to the threat by the supporters
of the president.

My dear after the conclusion of the transfer of the money I will come
over to your country to have peace and security and also to continue
my education while you will search for a good business to invest the
money,

Please it is a long story that if I start to narrate them now, you
will start shedding tears over there, but I will give you more details
in my next mail but kindly bear in mind that I need you to help me out
from this my bad condition and help transfer this money to your
account and assist me come over there for security of my life and the
fund and start a new life with you.
My dear please contact me through my private email so that i can give
your details on how the fund will be transferred to your account.

My private E-mail is: emm_john1@yahoo.ca

Thanks once again and please extend my greeting to your family.

Thanks and God bless you
Emmanuel John.

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