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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: "Miss Serena " <serenlove21@outlook.com>
Reply-To: serenahodacoulibaly@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 23:48:59 +0000
Subject: FROM MISS SERENA.

>From Ms Serena

MY EMAIL /[ serenahodacoulibaly@yahoo.com.ph]
Tel/ +22554298146

Dearest,
Please accept my sincere apologizes if my email message does not meet your business or personal ethics, I really like to have a good relationship with you, and I have a special reason why I decided to contact you because of the urgency of this matter.

Please I write not only to introduce myself to you, but also tender a joint investment business proposal for your considerations and acceptance. I know that receipt of my communication shall be a great surprise to you considering the fact that we did not know each other nor had any business negotiations before now, I have prayed that your respected self not to allow the above unnatural abnormalities to influence your decision to accept my genuine proposal and intentions which undoubtedly would be of immense mutual benefits to both of us. I pledge to you for urgent and dedicated attention which this issue deserves.
I deemit necessary to introduce myself in detail for you and the need for your assistance to claim and invest these funds left here by my a man who planed to get marry with me if not that he died, My name is Miss. Serena single lady with the age of 30 years, working here in a bank as a staff .I have urgent and confidential business proposition for you.


On March 2nd 1997, an oil contractor with the ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE
National Petroleum Corporation MR Bilger, Joachim and his country was Geneva .who was supposed to get marry to me made a numbered time (fixed) deposited for twelve calendars valued at US9 million United States dollars in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.

After a month, i sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contact
employers COTE D'IVOIRE National Petroleum Corporation that late MR Bilger, Joachim, died in plane crash.

See below/ the site list of his of the passengers list been no 22

http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html


OR THIS LINK TOO

.http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/916128/


On further investigation, I found out that he did not leave a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that MR Bilger, Joachim did not declare any next of kin in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork. This sum of US$9.000.000.00 is still sitting in the Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year.



No one will come forward to claim it. According to the ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE banking Law, at the expiration of some years been this end of year the money will revert to the ownership of the COTE D'IVOIRE Government if nobody applies to claim the funds. Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to late MR Bilger, Joachim so that the fruits of this old man labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials.






As an Accountant and a staff of this BANK, What we have to do is simple if you follow to my instructions. You will send to me your complete names, address and information’s which I will secretly programmed in the computer account file of late MR Bilger, Joachim in our bank as his registered associate before his death and who is entitled to inherit the deposit in case of his death. When this money is paid or transfer into your account, you take 50% share of the total sum and 50% will be for me as my own share of the money.





You will also help me to invest my own share in your country. I will give you more details upon receipt of your response. Looking forward to see your urgent response through this my email address now not through the site any more reply to this my yahoo mail box email ok.

My email // serenahodacoulibaly@yahoo.com.ph


Tel, +22554298146




Bye and waiting

Serena
Sorry if you received this letter in your spam, Due to recent connection error here in the country.

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