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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: "Elvis Tagro" <elvtagro22@gmail.com>
Reply-To: elvis_tagro@yahoo.ca
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 14:31:16 +0200
Subject: Greetings From Elvis and Murriel.

>From Elvis and Murriel Tagro
Maputo, Republique of Mozambique
phone no: +258876079332


Dear ,

My sincere Greetings to you, I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise but please it was borne out of a desperate need for assistance so please permit me to inform you of my heart desire for a business relationship with you. My name is Elvis Tagro the only son of late Mr. Desire Kone Tagro from Cote dIvoire. My source of your contact gave me the courage and confidence to rely on you. I am writing you in absolute confidence primarily to seek your assistance to transfer the amount of Eight Million Five hundred thousand United States dollars(US $8.500,000.00) which is the amount of money deposited by my late father in a BANK here in Mozambique to your private account in your country and for you to help me and my sister to come over to your country for onward investment of the money in good business venture which you will serve as an overseer and for the continuation of our education.

Iam 19 years old.and my sister Murriel is 16. Our late father Desire Kone Tagro was before his death the minister of Interior in our country Cote d'Ivoire. He was killed during the recent presidential election crisis in my country by the forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara on the allegations that he was a major supporter and official of the out going President Laurent Gbagbo who refused to hand over power.

Before the elections, Our father have arranged for us to leave for Mozambique with our mother because he thought that the election might lead to crisis which later happened in my country Cote d'Ivoire. It was here in Mozambique that we were informed about the death of our dear father. Upon hearing the news of our father's death, our mother developed a heart attack which claimed her life. but before she died she gave me the documents of the money which my late father deposited in a bank with a bank here in Mozambique and she told me and my sister that our late father reached an agreement with the bank that the money is for onward transfer to a foreign account and entered my name his only son as the next to kin.

She pleaded that I should look for a good and trust worthy person abroad who will help me to transfer this money out of Mozambique and help me and my sister to go over to his or her country to continue our education and invest the money in good business.

I have visited the bank where the money is deposited and met the director who assured me that the money is intact and that once I submits the details of the foreign partner in whose account the money will be transferred to, the bank will commence the transfer proceedings immediately. That is the reason I contacted you so that I could present you to the bank as my late father's foreign business partner so that the money could be transferred to your account.

So please Am seeking for your assistance to transfer this money out of here so that I and my sister could have a new life because we are suffering a lot here without anybody to care for us. For your assistance, we beg to concede 20% of the money to you.

You can reach us on this phone number; +258876079332 more explanation.

God bless you as we await your reply.

Yours sincerely,

Elvis and Murriel Tagro


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