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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: "Vanessa Desire." <vanessadesireci@gmail.com>
Reply-To: vanessadesireci@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2015 13:14:48 +0000
Subject: From Vanessa


>From Vanessa

Good Day To you, My name is Miss Vanessa and My Brother Daniel Desire I am
20 years Old. and My younger Brother Daniel 16 Years old, We are the
Children of late Mr.and Mrs. Franck-Olivier Désiré , My Late father was a
( Diamond merchant here in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire ) Before he was poisoned
to death by his business associates on one of their outing to discuss on a
business deal. Our Mother died when she was given birth to My younger
Brother Daniel , My father took us so special because we are motherless.
Before the death of my Father on 23nd October 2014 in a private hospital
here in Abidjan. He secretly called me and my brother on his bedside and
told us that he deposited secretly the sum of U.S Dollars( $2.7, Million
United State Dollars ) in a Finance Bank here in Cote d'Ivoire He also
explained to us that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned,
that we should seek for a foreign partner in a country of our choice who
will represent us in the claims of this Money from the Bank and use it for
investment purpose,outside this country Cote'd Ivoire or any where safe,


After the burial of my late father, Our stepmother and our uncles conspired
and sold our father’s properties which they shared the money among
themselves and left me and my brother with nothing, And also Searching to
take all the documents that our Late Father Use for the deposited of the
Fund to the bank, Me and My Brother we Run away with the documents and
traveled out from that Cite to another Cite in Cote d'Ivoire



We have Visited the bank where our late Father deposited fund to withdraw
the money for a better life so that I and my brother can take care of our
self's and start a new life, On our arrival to the Bank, The Bank Director
whom we met in person told us that our father left an instruction to the
bank, He told us that the money would only be release to us when we are
married or present a trustee who will help us and invest the money
overseas. We are in search of an honest and reliable person who will help
Us and stand as our trustee to the Bank so that the Bank will be able to
transfer the fund to his/ her bank account. We have chosen to contact you
after our prayers and we believe that you will not betray our trust. But
rather take me and my brother as your own Blood Children daughter and Son.
You will also help us to place the money in a more profitable business
venture in your Country while I and my brother will continue our studies in
your country because I want to become a LAWYER. However, you will help me
by recommending a nice University in your country so that I can complete my
studies. Please do keep this only to yourself till we come over there in
your country because We are afraid of our wicked stepmother and our uncles
who has threatened to kill us and have the money alone, We wait for your
positive respond.



Thank you and God bless you.
Yours Sincerely
Miss Vanessa and Daniel Desire.

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