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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: Sonia Richard <kanawaza2001@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Sonia Richard <richy_sonia21@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 19:57:58 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello dearest,


Hello dearest,

 
Dearest i am very sorry to barge into you suddenly considering that we don't know each other before, i am only writing you because i have a problem which i need your sincere help and please don't be surprise or ignore my email because you are the right person for this purpose. My name is Sonia Richard 21 years old, I am the only daughter of my late parents. My parents were very wealthy coffee and cocoa farmers also the former director of agricultural sector in my country Ivory Coast . My mother died in an automobile accident on August 15 1999 alongside with my elder brother Kenneth and my little brother Anthony. My father was poisoned to death by his business associates during one of their business meetings.

Before the death of my father on March 2012 in a private hospital here in my country he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of seven million, five hundred thousand united state dollars (US$7.5M) left in fixed / suspense account in one of the prime bank here in Ivory Coast, that he used my name as his only daughter for the next of Kin in depositing of the fund. He also explained to me that it was because of his wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates in collaboration with our family relatives.

Dearest, Due to the political instability in Ivory Coast and the consequent jealous and hatred my family relatives has developed on my late father over his wealth, my late father advised me to seek for a foreign business partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purposes.

Please, I am honorably seeking your assistance in the following ways:

(1) To provide a good bank account into which this money would be transferred
(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I still have to complete my education.
(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to secure a resident permit and further my education.

As soon as I receive your urgent reply indicating your interest to assist me to successfully transfer the money into an account in your country, I will give you all the necessary information you may require to proceed towards transferring the money. Finally, I am willing to offer you 20% of the total money as mode of compensation for your effort for assisting me with this humble request, I look forward that this transaction would be concluded in a minimum of seven days because my life is in danger from my family relatives.

 
Impatiently waiting to hear your agreement response.


Yours Sincerely
Sonia Richard.

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