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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: Eriko Attun <attun515@outlook.fr>
Reply-To: Eriko Attun <attun515@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 01:32:18 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello Sir


Good day Sir,
With due respect and humble submission to your personality, I wish to introduce myself to you and also seek for your assistance to invest in your company. My name is Miss Eriko Attun. I am 19 years old and the only daughter of my late parents (Late Mr Kichiro Attun). My late father was a wealthy Japanese business man based in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire before he died. I was born and brought up here in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire. My deceased father was a wealthy cocoa merchant here in Cote d'Ivoire. He died on the 10th of January 2017 as a result of Stroke. My mother is a native of Cote d'Ivoire and she died during the time of Cote d'Ivoire political crisis. Since after the death of my  father, I have been facing alot of difficulties and humiliations from my late mother's relatives because they want to inherit everything my father acquired before his sudden death. 

Please I am seriously in need of your help to secure my inheritance value the sum of Twelve Million Dollars  ($12,000,000.00 DOLLARS) which my late father deposited in a prime bank here in Cote d'Ivoire before he died. I want you to assist me transfer the money to your account and accept me as part of your family. Your willingness to assist and partner with me in this regards, considering my present situation here, I shall offer you 20% as soon as the fund is transfered to your account. While the remaining 80% will be invested by you in your company.  I want us to be 100% honest with each other and what I expect from you is trust and attention. 

If you are interested, First, you are required to send your full names, address, telephone number, photo and a copy of your Driver's License or Work ID or your International Passport. Your informations will be used by my late father's Attorney to have all the necessary documentations perfected and to build a trustworthy relationship between us. The attorney shall be handling all matters of probate on your behalf, he will have all the documents perfected in your name as new beneficiary of my late father's deposited fund, and with these documents you will have the access to write to communicate with the bank for the immediate release and transfer of the funds to your designated choice of bank. 

I wish to re-assure you STRONGLY that this transaction is 100% RISK FREE to both of us. I would like us to work as a team and good business partners for better tomorrow. 

Please reply back to me as soon as possible for more details. I m waiting for your urgent response.

Thanks
Miss Eriko Attun

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