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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: Lea Mangou <leamangou01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Lea Mangou <leamangou01@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 01:26:35 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Very very Urgent Please reply me.


From Miss.Lea Abiba Mangou
Postal address, B.p.839 Cidex4 Abidjan-Riviera,Cote d’ Ivoire
House Address,  P.O. Box 04 BP 839
City Abidjan
 
Dearest
one,
 
Permit
me to inform you of my desire to go into business relationship with
you, after going through your profile and I prayed over it and selected
your name among other names due to the nature of my proposal, which
requires a reputable and trustworthy person. Someone who will be kind
and sincere to meal am Miss Miss.Lea Abiba Mangou, the only daughter of
late Mr. and Mrs. Ketoglo Mangou. My father was a very wealthy cocoa
merchant in Abidjan here, the economic capital of Ivory Coast, he was
poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their business
meeting. My mother died on the 19th may 1988 and my father took me so
special because l am motherless.
 
Before the death of my father
on 16th December 2013 in a private hospital here in Abidjan, he secretly
called me on his bedside, when I sat down to listen to him, he started
crying, why? (1) He complained that I am too young to be managing my
life with no one to take care of me,(2)That I have not finished my
university education as he planned for me, he revealed to me that he has
a sum of (US$5.500.000.)(FIVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED
STATES DOLLARS) left in a security company here in Abidjan, that he used
my name as the only daughter for his next of kin in deposit of the
funds.
 
He also explained to me that it was because of this
wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates , that l should
seek for a GOD fearing foreign partner in a country of my choice where l
will transfer this money and use it for proper investment purpose ,that
I must finish my university education by
the help of a business partner abroad, that he or she should help me
obtain a resident permit in his or
her country. He also gave a
standing instruction to the company that the deposit must be transferred
outside this country. According to my father, the money was deposited
as art works to avoid attracting attention to the deposit.
 
I am
now ready to do all these since my father the bread winner is no more. l
am honorable seeking your assistance in the following ways.
 
(1) To serve as my guardian in your country while I will depend on your expert advice since l am a girl of 21 years.
(2)
To make arrangement for me to come over to your country in order to
further my university education and to secure a residential permit for
me in your country.
 
Moreover, l am willing to offer you 15% of
the total sum as compensation for your assistance in the transfer of
this deposit to your country.
 
Furthermore,
you can indicate your option towards assisting me as l believed that
this project would be concluded within seven days you signify interest
to assist me by contacting the security company. Hoping to hearing from
you soon. May God bless you as you extend your helping hand to the needy
Please reply me through my
private
Love.
                                                                                                                                                 





;              
Yours Sincerely
Miss.Lea Abiba Mangou

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