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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: joce mark <mjoce46@gmail.com>
Reply-To: joce_mark@voila.fr
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 13:09:14 +0000
Subject: Hello Dear Respectful One,

Hello Dear Respectful One,

My name is Miss. Joce Mark from Sierra Leone but residing in Ivory Coast in
west Africa, Please go through below my mail and see if you can Assist for
Our mutual benefit, my late Father was a cocoa and gold Business nam, He
died in motor accident with my mother one week after his trip from Cote d'
Ivoire to negotiate on a cocoa business he wanted to invest in. my mother
died instantly and my father followed up five days after in the hospital,
(May there soul rest in perfect peace Amen) Before the death of my father,
he disclosed to me about sum of ($8,500,000 USD) Eight million five hundred
thousand united states dollars, he deposited in a Bank with my name as next
of kin,

Since my arrival here in Ivory Coast I have gone to the Bank to find out
about the deposit and they confirmed it to me , I contacted you based on
the agreement the Bank reached between my late father and them consigning
the claim, that states in case of sudden death of the depositor the foreign
partner Will have to claim the deposit, as I contacted you to act as our
foreign partner to enable the Bank release the money.

that is why i solicit for your assistance to guard me invest this money as
a foreign partner under your care. If we happen to do this together, before
any thing is done with the money, I will give you (1.5 Million Dollars) out
of the total money as compensation for your assistance, i look forward to
hear from you for more details if you are willing and Able to handle this
transaction and the investment project.

Best Regards.
Miss. Joce Mark
joce_mark@voila.fr
+22542011193

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