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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: Sadiq Mercy <carlotti.stefano@alice.it>
Reply-To: sadimercy@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 12:19:54 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Hello dear

Dear One,

I used this means of communications because of time Shortage and please kindly
bear with me. However, permit me to inform you of my desire to seek for your
aid and assistance towards securing my inheritance.

I am Mercy Sadiq only child of late Mr/Mrs Sadiq My late father was a very
wealthy cocoa merchant who based Ivory Coast in west Africa.He was poisoned to
death by his business associates on one of their outing to discuss on a
business trip.

When my mother died in the 21St October 2012, my father took me so special
because I am motherless. Before the death of my father on 29Th June 2016 in a
private hospital here in Ivory Coast, he secretly called me by his bedside and
told me that he deposited with a bank in Europe with the sum of US$5,700,000
(Five million Seven Hundred Thousand, United States Dollars) with my name as
next of kin.And he told me where he kept the bank deposit certificate in case
if unexpected happen to him.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned
by his business associates, that I should seek for a foreign partner in a
country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it to invest in a
profitable ventures, (such as real-estate).

I am honorably seeking your assistance in the following ways.1)To help in
retrieving this money from the bank for immediate transfer of the fund to your
destination account in your country.(2)To
serve as the guardian of this fund during and after the transaction. since I am
a girl of 21 years. (3)To make arrangement for me to come over to your country
after the money has been transferred for
investment.

I am now another west African country called Republic of Benin because when my
father died,my uncles wanted to kill me also in other to inherit my late
father's properties but when i notice they plan,i have to run to Republic of
Benin where i am today with help a reverend father.

Moreover, I am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as compensation for
your help after the successful transfer of this fund to your nominated bank
account.

Thanks and God Bless.
Best regards
Yours Faithful
Mercy Sadiq.

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