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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: fatichheick <cheikk.fati@bol.com.br>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 14:40:33 -0300
Subject: Dearest one

 
 
Hello  my Dearest

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you.

I am ,fatia cheick  the only child of late Robert cheick . My father was a very wealthy cocoa and coffee merchant based in Abidjan the economic capital of Ivory Coast before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outing to discuss on a business.

When my mother died when i was about 5 years, my father took me so special because I was motherless and lonely. Lastly before the death of my father on 29th January 2009 in a private hospital here in Abidjan, he  secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has a sum of € 4,500,000 (Four Million five hundred thousand  Euro) left in a suspence account in a local bank here in Abidjan, that he used my name as his only son for the next of kin in deposit of the fund,

He also explained to me that it was because of his success that he was poisoned by his business associates. That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose, (such as real estate management).

My dear, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways.

1) To provide a secured bank account where this money would
be transferred into subsequent to my arrival to meet with you.

2) To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am young a boy of 21 years and do not know much about investment prospectives.

3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country after the money has been transferred and confirmed in your account.

Moreover, my dear, I am willing to offer you 5% of the total sum as compensation for your effort / input after the successful transfer of this fund to your norminated bank account overseas.

Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within seven (7) bank working days you signify interest to assist me. You can contact me on my e-mail address for immediate take off of this transfer,

Looking forward to hear from you as soon as possible,contact me

Thanks and god bless you for your anticipated co-operation.

Yours faithfully
Fatia cheick 
 

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