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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: ANNOINTED ANNOINTED <annointed@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: annointed.annointed@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 08:02:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear Respected One,









Dear Respected One,

I am Mrs Liz Bright, from Ivory Coast, one of the Countries in West Africa. I am maried to late Mr Johnson Bright, an Architect and a well know building contractor in this Country Ivory Coast. He died on 25th of August 2008, by Motor Accident on his way to Bouke, one of the city in this Country, where he was going to supervised the building contract that was given to him by the Government of this Country. He died two days later after he was rushed to the hospital.


My late husband told me befor he died, that he deposited the sum of US$22.4 Million Dollars ( Twenty Two Million, Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ) in one of the big bank in this Country. And this very fund in still in that bank till today.
 
Now, because of the present political crisis that is going on in this Country, i have decided to transfer this outside this country befor it will be too late for me. So i request your urgent assistance to help me transfer this fund to your account there in your Country so that i will relocate there immediately to invest the fund in this following project ;
 
A real estate housing projects..
        OR
Hotels and Supermarket.
        OR
Any  manufacturing Company that their products will sale in your Country.

 
I took this decision because of the political crisis that is going on in this Country, and the political  killings is increasing day by day and the crisis might result to a civil war the way thing are going on here. They are preparing for their presidential elction, while the Rebels that are against the ruling government, were killing people seriously, demorishing people properties in some cities and states even the city i was staying with my only child, to the extent that we run to the Capital to secure our lifes.
 
I will offer you 20% of the total fund for your assistance as soon as you help me to transfer this fund to your account there in your Country, and i will also affer you some percentage for any project or business we are going to establish in your Country.

We shall proceed on the transfer immediately i received your urgent reply, and i will details you about the progress of this transfer. I await your urgent reply.
 
God bless you.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs Liz Bright.
 

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