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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: Adrrana Ella <mrjove_markson3@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Adrrana Ella <ella_adrrana3@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 23:55:30 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello Dear


Hello Dear
 
Let
me inform you of my desire to make a case of US $ 11,000,000 (eleven
million dollars USD) with you, My name, Adrrana ella,and I'm 22 I'm the
only girl my late father, Mr. Koine Ella Daniel, who was mayor of the
town of Cocody in Abidjan in Ivory Coast and close to  former President
Laurent Gbagbo, after the capture of the former  president by the French
armed.

My father took us into exile in Ghana. 1year after my
father Tomba seriously ill he was admitted to the  private clinic D'Acra
Ghana Centre where he was killed. Before his death on 17 février2012 in
this private clinic, he secretly called me on his  bed hospital to
inform me that he has a sum of $ 11 million US (eleven million dollars
USD) Stuck in a (finance company security) here in Abidjan, and made me
confirm that I am the direct descendant of that sum he told me that I
should find someone abroad in a country of my choice who could m 'help
transfer and help me invest my money in a profitable area after the
death of my father I went to the company withdrew the  money to the
director of the company told me that it was impossible to
my father had left strict instructions concerning assets.

The
director told me that the money was intended to have a foreign partner
who will find my father has never mentioned the name of the foreign
partner to the company he was led to believe that $ 11 million was to
its associate and foreign partner avoided that his money was frozen by
the party in power today

Please help me for the love of God,

Miss Adrrana ella

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