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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 Dupont Liliane Fleurie <joyfarigaa@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 03:30:37 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Miss Dupont Liliane Fleurie


I am Miss Dupont Liliane Fleurie  a franco-Ivoire and  Adopted Child of the late Mr.Dupont N'Guessan, Who was a former Minister of Petrol in Cote'D Ivoire and recently an Oil Tycoon in Libya and Saudi Arabia. Al Furat Petroleum Company (AFPC) the leader in the region in Reservoir Management. AFPC which established under Service Contract no. 210 ratified by Law no. 43 of 1977 and named as per decree-law no. 12 in 1985. AFPC is a joint venture company between the General Petroleum Corporation (50%) and private shareholders Exxon Mobil Petroleum Development (EMPD) based Kurdistan Region of Iraq before his sudden death. He was poisoned by his business associates on one of their business trips recently.I know this may sound strange to you for receiving a mail from an unknown person but my late father direct me to go through your profile on your country Catalog which he bought on his last business trip to your country and hoping that you will not betray me.
I believe that my contact with you is not by chance but for the good will of god to be done in our life but if it's your wish.

Before the sudden death of my father in a private hospital here in Abidjan, he secretly called me at his bed side, when I sat down to listen to him, he started crying and complained that the world is too wicked because of what is passing through and he also revealed this to me that he has a sum of $120M U.S.D deposited in KBC Bank office in Brussels which he used the name of his business partner ( Mr.Rex W. Tillerson )  in depositing of the fund for Oil Field investment in Prudhoe Bay Oil Field on Alaska's North Slope, After going through your profile, i want to ask you to stand as my next of kin and my late father business partner in your country and get this fund out from bank.

He also explained to me that it was because of his wealth that he is suffering of the poison he recieved from his business associate suspecting to be my uncles that desperate to inherit his inheritance after  years of his suffering. That l should seek for your assistance as god fearing foreign partner in a foreign country where l will transfer this money and use it for proper investment purpose,invest the fund into any profitable venture.

Although i have write the bank and they persist that my late father business partner whom i will introduce to them must come in person to sign vital documents with bank through the bank Brokers,before they can release the fund to you  and I am waiting to hear from you as soon as possible to start the process immediately  by send you my international passport.

Thanks and god bless you.

Best regard.
Miss Dupont Liliane Fleurie

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