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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: Ms Larissa Andrew <larissaandrew762@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Ms Larissa Andrew <larissaandrew@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 20:00:20 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Letter from miss Larissa Andrew


Dear friend,

My name is Larissa i am 23 years old from Abidjan, Ivory Coast. My late father is a wealthy international businessman, he deal on Gold, Cocoa and Timber export, Am the only daughter of my parents, I lost my mother when i was 6 years, my father is all i have until he was poisoned by his brothers due to his wealth, after the burial of my late father, life became hell to me because his brothers (my Uncles) claimed all my father's wealth and belongings as the tradition demands, according to the traditional of the land, if a man died without a son, even if the man have ten daughters all his wealth and belongings will be shared among his brothers and relatives, i believe this is the main reason why my father deposited the sum of $4.5 million USD in a bank without the knowledge of his brothers and made me the next of kin to the fund, My uncles planned to kill me thinking that i am going to revenge, that is why i ran out from the family house so that i can secure
my life and find a new foreign partner who can receive this
money on my behalf that's why i contact you.

At the moment the money is in a bank here in Cote d' Ivoire which i'm the next of kin and I have no access to put or withdraw any money from it according to the agreement my late father made with the bank during the deposit which stated that i must be 25 years of age before i can have a direct access to the fund, all I will require from you is to assist me stand as the present guardian and foreign associate of my late father so that the bank can release and transfer the money to your nominated bank account for investment purpose.

Before we proceed, I have to make an official introduction to the bank and inform them officially about you as my present foreign guardian who is to receive my inheritance money oversea for investment purpose while i further my education.

Here are my personal details,

My full Name: Ms.Larissa Andrew
Address: Rue 21 Avenue 76, Trecheville, Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire
Profession: Student (I stopped school after my father death)
Nationality: Ivorienne
Country: Cote D'Ivoire


I look forward to hear from you for more detail.

Have a nice day.

Sincerely yours,
larissa.

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