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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: Sinta Xiaodan <sintaxiaodan@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Sinta Xiaodan <sintaxiaodan@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 06:22:49 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Letter Of Relationship and Establishment of aid.


Letter Of Relationship and Establishment of aid.

This message might come to you as a surprise but please be rest assured that it is all for good.

Good day dearest,

I
am Miss. Sinta Xiaodan a 20 years old and the only daughter of my late
parents  Mr. and Mrs. Vonco Xiaodan. My parents were very wealthy coffee
and cocoa farmers living here in Ivory Coast.  We are a native of
Bandung in Indonesia. But my father married my mother here in Ivory
Coast where he was working and I was born and brought up here.

Unfortunately
my mother died in a fatal automobile accident when i was tender age and
since then my father did
not re-marry another women because of the love he have on my mother but
my father was killed by the rebels during the political crisis in Ivory
Coast.  And since after
the death of my father, i tried to locate our families in Indonesia but
i could not find them. Now I have decided to move on with my life.

But
before the death of my father in a private hospital here in Ivory
Coast, he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the
sum of three million, Five hundred thousand United State Dollars
($3,500,000.00 ) left in fixed / suspense account in one of the leading
banks here in Ivory Coast, that he used my name as his only daughter for
the next of Kin in depositing of the money.

He also explained
to me that it was because of this wealth that he was killed by his
business associates in collaboration with the rebels out of jealousness,
greediness and wickedness.

Please my dear, I am humbly seeking your assistance in the following ways:

(1) To provide a good bank account which this money would be transferred to into.
(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am still a
girl of only 20 year.
(3) To make arrangement for me to come over
to your country to further my education and also to secure a resident
permit in your country.

As soon as I receive your urgent reply
indicating your interest to assist me to successfully transfer the money
into an account in your country, I will give you all the necessary
information you may require to proceed towards transferring the money.
Finally, I am willing to offer you 20% of the total money as mode of
compensation for your effort and assisting me with this humble request,
as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within some days
you signify your interest to assist me. Please reply me.
Anticipating hearing from you urgently.

Thanks and God bless.
Yours Sincerely,
Sinta Xiaodan

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