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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: Emmanuel Akaffou <e_akaffou@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: e_akaffou1@hotmail.fr
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:58:13 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Urgent AID From Emmanuel Akaffou




P {MARGIN:0px;}UL {MARGIN-TOP:5px;MARGIN-BOTTOM:5px;}OL {MARGIN-TOP:5px;MARGIN-BOTTOM:5px;}Hello Dear sir/Madam,
How are you together with your family members? I hope all is well. Despite the fact that we did not know you in person or have we seen you before but due to the reliable revelation, we decided to share this lucrative opportunity with you, we have no other choice, so kindly consider this message as vital, believing that sooner or later you will benefit from us. And first and foremost, we have to introduce ourselves to you.
I am Emmanuel Akaffou, and my Sister, Mary Jean Akaffou, we are the children of late Mr. Blaise  Akaffou the Cote d’Ivoire former minister of Health, who served the government of the arrested former president Laurent Gbagbo in April 2011, after a violent five-month. I am 20 years age and my Sister will be on her 18years of age next coming month. We want you to assist us in other to transfer the sum of Nineteen Million United States ($19, 000,000.00) into your reliable account as the Foreign Business partner to our late father.
Our father was the minister of Health before he was assassinated to death alongside with our mother on April 2011 the day Mr. Laurent Gbagbo was arrested.  After this sudden death the worst thing that happened to us is that we don’t have any other family were we can depend on or run to, and right now we are under the United Nation taking refuge.
Since the death of our parents we have been looking for good person and or reliable business person that can assist us transfer the deposited money to his or her bank account for investment in your country.  Please you can set up a new bank account or forward to us any one available with your details and name so that I will go to the bank where the money is deposited and make official submission and introduce you to them as my late father foreign business partner and whom to receive the money.
We will guide you and also will be providing you any details you may need on how the money will be transferred to your bank account. After the transfer, me and my sister will come over to your country and stay with you, also further our education there. While you will be taking care of the money or were ever the money will be invested in. We will give you 15% from the total money for your assistant getting the money transferred to your account and the rest of the money will be invested into good business which you have good knowledge, base on the fact that you will give us proper assistance.
Finally, you are not taking any risk because there will be a legal back up as we have with us every documents that concerns the deposit. Further information will be given to you as soon as we receive your response.
Please send us this information
1, Your Full Names
2, Phone Number
3, Age
4, Occupation
5, Country
We are waiting your response.Yours Sincerely,Emmanuel Akaffou

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