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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: "Fred & Morine Mane" <morine.mane1@voila.fr>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 08:14:45 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: WE NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE


Dear Respectful one,
 
It is our pleasure to write you after much consideration since we can not be able to see you face to face. I am Fred mane while my younger sister is Morine Mane, The only kids of our father, late MR
Desmond Mane from Republic of Ivory Coast; I am 23 years of age while my younger sister is 20 years old. Our father was a wealthy Cocoa and Gold merchant in our country  before his untimely death.
After his business trip to Abidjan, to negotiate on a Cocoa business. A week after he came back from Abidjan , he was assassinated with our mother by unknown assassins. Which our mother died
instantly but our father died after five days in hospitals, on that faithful afternoon. We didn't know that our father was going to leave us after we had lost our mother. But  before he gave up the
ghost, it was if he knew he was going to die.

He our father, (MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE) he disclose to us that he deposited ( 25 kg of ALLUVIAL GOLD DUST) and the sum of $2,500,000 US Dollars (TWO MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED
STATE DOLLARS) in a security custody. .
 
That the money was meant for his cocoa business he wanted to invest in Abidjan . Though according to our father he deposited the money in a trunk box, but declared it as family belongings. He simple
handed us the key of box and the certificate of deposit and the agreement made with Security Company, and instructed us to seek for a life time investment abroad. Right Now we are in Abidjan  to
locate where the security company is and we have succeeded in locating the security company here in Abidjan  and also confirmed the item with most honest and confidential. I want you to assist us in
clearing this fund and
transfer into your account overseas as a beneficiary of the fund, and also use it for an investment purpose. We are Honorable seeking for your assistance in the following ways.
 
(1)To assist us to clear this fund from the security company and transfer to your account successfully.
 
(2) To provide a bank account into which this money would be transfer to.
 
(3)To serve as the guardian of this fund since we are novice. Now we are soliciting for your assistance to help it in lift this money in your country, because this is our only hope in life.
 
 Waiting anxiously to hear from you so that we can discuss the modalities of this transaction. Please if this proposal is acceptable, please email back without any delay.

Thanks for your kind attention and mutual understanding.
 
Looking forward to hear from you immediately.
 
Best Regards
Fred & Morine  Mane
 
 




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