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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: koaussi <koaussi@yeah.net>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 00:51:14 +0800 (CST)
Subject: J.M Enterprise. s.a.r.l

J.M Enterprise. s.a.r.l
Affilliate: Anglo Gold.
Rue du Industrie,Zone 4.
B.P 1424 Abidjan Cidex 4
Tel/Fax:(225)45206142

Sir,
I'm Dr. Kelvin koaussi the general Manager of J.M Gold mining company. We deal on alluvial gold dust etc, if you have any interested customer please do contact us.

However with deep regrets we announce to you the untimely death of our beloved former general manager Dr. Syed Jamal who all died on board the Bukina-faso Algerian plane crash dated July 26, 2014 at 7:40 PM killing 118 passangers and crew members on board on his way to Algeria on a business trip. See website:http://news.yahoo.com/u-n-finds-second-black-box-air-algerie-130239849.html;_ylt=A9mSs2qvwhZU0HsAFcpjAQx.;_ylu=X3oDMTE0MDNrNmU1BHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDNARjb2xvA2lyMgR2dGlkA01
TWUZSMTFfMQ--

Now after the plane crash,I was appointed the new general manager of the company and while going through his private office files I discovered a bank deposit certificate total US$45.000.000 million in his office and upon confirmations,investigation and verifications with the bank I was made to understand that the funds are intact and in placed with the bank as deposited and I as the the new general manager is the onle one who is aware of this fund deposit and therefore sole responsible for the future of the funds as stipulated in the deposit agreements with the bank.

Please Sir, my reason for contacting you is that I will like you to help me transfer this funds to your country for futher investments such as the purchasing of new mining equipments for the company because our machines are old models and cause lots of problems everytime.

I will compasate you accordingly for your help as all I need from you is honesty and sincerity as confidentiality should be our bond.

Thanks as I hope for your understanding and urgent respond.
Regards.
Dr. Kelvin koaussi
General Manager,
J.M Enterprise.

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