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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: Farida Garna <farida.garna@outlook.fr>
Reply-To: Farida Garna <faridagarna12@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 08:06:40 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dearest


 Dearest,

Greetings,
Please permit me to inform you of my desire to contact you directly for this purpose. Though,  I am quite aware that my message will come to you as a surprise because it is indeed very strange for someone you have not met before to contact you in this regard. I decided to contact you personally after going through your profile. I am happy to inform you that i have chosen you to be my guardian and beneficiary to my late father's funds. 

My name is Farida Garna. I am 21 years old girl and the only daughter of late Mr. Garna from BANDUNG in INDONESIA. My late father was the Quality Control Supervisor at Tullow Oil PLC in Ivory Coast in West Africa before he was poisoned to death on the 7th of January, 2015. My mother was an Ethiopian. She died when i was 6 years old. I was born and raised here in Ivory Coast West Africa. Since after the death of my father, i could not locate our relatives because my father did not allow me to visit Indonesia till he died. 

I am contacting you due to my ambition to relocate and start a new life and continue my education in your country. Meanwhile, before the death of my father at the specialist hospital, he secretly informed me that he has  Six Million United States dollars (USD$ 6.000,000.00) deposited in a bank here in Ivory Coast. He advised me to seek for an honest foreign individual or organization that will help me receive this money and invest it into  interesting business, such as Industry or buying and reselling of lands.

Presently, the money is still in the bank.  Please i want you to assist me transfer the money to your account and arrange for me to come over to your country to start a new life and continue my education. I am willing to compensate you reasonably with 30% of the money for your assistance and co-operation to transfer this money into your bank account. The remaining 70% will be invested by you according to your experience. The investments will be under your care and control according to your experience in your country.  

Please be rest assured that this transaction is very legal. The fund is legally acquired by my late father. All the legal documents confirming the source and origin of the fund are with my late father's lawyer. I will inform my late father's lawyer about you. And i will also give you his direct contact so that you will have a direct communication with him before we proceed.

I  am waiting to get your response.  For more details     

Have a nice day.

Thanks
Miss Farida Garna

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