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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: Josephine Gauthier <josephinegauthier14@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: josephine_gauthier15@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 11:46:33 +0000
Subject: RE: FROM MRS. JOSEPHINE

Greetings

This is to inform you about my success in getting the money moved under the cooperation of a new partner , Presently I am now investing the money Meanwhile,I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me despite that both of us could not make it.

Now I want you contact my solicitor ,

Trinity International Law Firm
Email , ( mch.ciabj@yahoo.fr )
Senior legal consultant
Barrister Dania Moses Daniel

Ask him to send you 150.000.00 euro, Bank Draft which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touched with Barrister Dania Moses Daniel and instruct him where to send the money to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the soberness at that time. in the moment, I am very busy here investing with my new partner . finally, I have forwarded instruction to my solicitor to send the Bank Draft to you, and he will send the Bank Draft to you without any delay.

Pls make sure you use part of this money to the Widows and orphans and also to help poor people and church.

Best Regards
MRS. JOSEPHINE
--------------------------------------------
En date de : Lun 18.8.14, Wayde Collins <WaydeC@Guysuco.com> a écrit :

Objet: RE: FROM MRS. JOSEPHINE
À: "josephinegauthier14@yahoo.com" <josephinegauthier14@yahoo.com>
Date: Lundi 18 août 2014, 0h18





HTML Message




INTERESTED.

KEEP ME
POSTED.
 


From: Josephine Gauthier
[mailto:joseguathier@yahoo.co.jp]


Sent: 16 August 2014 16:44

To: Wayde Collins

Subject: FROM MRS. JOSEPHINE


 




LOT 104, JACQUES AVENUE,

01 B.P. 3691 COCODY,

ABIDJAN -COTE D'IVOIRE.



MY BELOVED,

I AM MRS JOSEPHINE GAUTHIER, FROM CANADA, A WIDOW TO LATE
MR. WILLIAM GAUTHIER. I AM 51 YEARS OLD, AND SUFFERING FROM
LONG TIME CANCER OF THE BREAST. FROM ALL INDICATION MY
CONDITION IS REALLY DETERIORATING AND IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS
THAT I MIGHT NOT LIVE MORE
THAN TWO WEEKS, ACCORDING TO MY DOCTOR BECAUSE THE CANCER
HAS GOTTEN TO A VERY WORST / DANGEROUS STAGE.



MY LATE HUSBAND AND MY ONLY CHILD DIED LAST THREE YEARS AGO,
HIS DEATH WAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. MY LATE HUSBAND WAS A
VERY RICH AND WEALTHY BUSINESS MAN WHO WAS RUNNING HIS COCOA
/ TIMBER PLANTATION BUSINESS IN CÔTE D'IVOIRE. AFTER
HIS DEATH, I STARTED MANAGING
ALL HIS BUSINESS AND WEALTH. MY LATE HUSBAND DEPOSITED
US$15.4 MILLION DOLLARS IN ONE OF THE BIG BANK IN THIS
COUNTRY COTE D'IVIORE, HE WANTED TO USE THE FUND TO
EXPAND HIS COCOA/ TIMBER PLANTATION BUSINESS TO OTHER
AFRICAN COUNTRIES BEFORE HIS SUDDEN DEATH.



THIS FUND IS STILL IN THIS BANK TILL TODAY, NOW THAT MY
DOCTORS HAS ADVISED ME THAT I MAY NOT LIVE FOR MORE THAN TWO
WEEKS BECAUSE OF SICKNESS, I DECIDED TO DONATE THE SUM OF
US$15,400,000.00 ( FIFTEEN MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATES DOLLARS) FOR
HUMANITARIAN WORK BECAUSE I CANNOT TAKE THIS MONEY TO THE
GRAVE.



I SINCERELY REQUEST FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS HUMANITARIAN
WORK. I WANT TO TRANSFER THE FUND TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT SO
THAT YOU WILL USE 80% OF THE FUND TO HELP THE FOLLOWING
PEOPLE:




1, MOTHERLESS BABIES.

2, WIDOWS.

3, DISABLE PEOPLE.



THE 20% OF THE FUND IS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, IF YOU WILL
ACCEPT TO DO THIS HUMANITARIAN WORK. YOU WILL PROMISED ME
THAT YOU WILL NOT DISAPPOINT ME WHEN THE FUND WILL BE
TRANSFERRED TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT THERE IN YOUR COUNTRY, AND
YOU WILL ALSO ASSURED ME
THAT YOU WILL USE THE 80% OF THE MONEY FOR THE SAID
PURPOSE.



REPLY TO ME URGENTLY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS
TRANSACTION BECAUSE ANY DELAY TO YOUR RESPONSE WILL GIVE ME
A ROOM TO LOOK FOR ANOTHER RELIABLE PERSON FOR THE SAME
PURPOSE, HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU. THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU.

MRS. JOSEPHINE.




 



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