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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: Laura Guillaume <lg9173150@gmail.com>
Reply-To: lguillaume100@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2021 18:43:25 +0000
Subject: Hello,

Hello,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into a business relationship
with you, I am quite aware that my message will come to you as a surprise
because it is indeed very strange for someone you have not met before to
contact you in this regard.

My name is Miss. Laura Guillaume, I'm 19 years old and the only daughter of
my late parents Mr. & Mrs. Dominique Guillaume, My parents were very
wealthy coffee and cocoa farmers here in Ivory Coast. Unfortunately my
mother died in a fatal automobile accident when I was in tender age and
since then my father did not remarry another women because of the love he
have on my mother but unfortunately My father was recently killed by his
business associates on one of their business meeting here in my country, It
was doctor who confirmed that he died of alcoholic poisoning.

Before the death of my father in a private hospital here in my country he
secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of Eight
Million five hundred thousand united state dollars (US$8.5M) 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 poisoned by his business associates in collaboration with our
family relative out of jealousy, greediness and wickedness.

My father also told me that due to the political instability in this
country and the consequent harassment and threats from my family relative
and his other enemies that I would humbly seek for a God fearing and a
foreigner in a country of my choice where I should transfer this money and
use it for investments such as real estate and hotel management.

Please, 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 for
assisting me with this humble request as I believe that this transaction
would be concluded soon you signify your interest to assist me.

I would appreciate your prompt response on this matter.

Thank you.

Yours Sincerely,
Miss. Laura Guillaume.

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