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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: "azma.youcef" <azma.youcef@onet.com.pl>
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2016 16:00:00 +0200
Subject: Hello my friend,


Hello my friend,
 
Good day and how are you today? I hope you are fine? After going through your profile, permit me to inform you of my desire of asking you to be a guardian or foster parents to me and then help me out in what i am about to tell you My name is Miss Azma Youcef, i am (23) years old the only child of Late Mr.& Mrs.Adams Youcef,my father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant,based in Abidjan, the economic capital of Cote D'Ivoire. He was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip 2014. My mother died when i was a baby Before the death of my father in a private hospital in Abidjan, he secretly called me by his bed side and told me that he has the sum of Seven million Seven hundred thousand United State Dollars USD ($7.700,000) which he deposited with one of the leading bank in Benin Republic. He told me that he used my name (Miss Azma Youcef) as the next of Kin in depositing the money.He then strongly advised me not to seek for assistance in the investment of the money from his lawyer nor any of his friend here but to seek for a foreign partner from any country of my choice (outside our country,Ivory Coast) that will assist me with wise investment of the money. I have since left the money in the bank with the view of making use of it for investment purposes after my education carrier but unfortunately i am unable to continue my education because of the untimely death of my late father and I have Decided to get in touch with you,to see if you can help me solve my problem.
 
Because of this ugly situation, i have now decided to take quick actions and have this money transferred out of this country before it is too late. i want you to help me to transfer this money into your country for investment purpose like real estate management or hotel management. i am honorably seeking your assistance in the following ways: (1) To serve as a guardian to me and then assist me transfer the money into your bank account. (2) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and then settle there permanently. If you accept to stand as my guardian or foster parents to me, i need not to discuss on any percentage with you as you have to see the whole money as yours and then assist me invest it. But if you still want a percentage, I am willing to offer you, 20 % of the total money as compensation for your assistance. Pleas tell me if you feel the percentage i offered you is not ok by you.as soon as I receive your concrete assurance to assist me with my proposal and also your full contact address/phone number, I will then give the bank your contact information and then tell them to transfer the money into your account as i want to come over to stay with you permanently. The bank will then contact you and communicate with you on the transfer. You shall then be giving me information on when the transfer will be over. I will also send my pictures to you and i shall also need yours too.
 
No matter what your decision maybe turn out to be, please i beg you to keep this highly secret for my safety, as i believe that those that killed my late father are still after me. Please reply me as quickly as you get this mail.
 
Thanks for your understanding.
 
Yours Faithfully,
Miss Azma Youcef.

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