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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: Gladys Assie <gladys.assie3@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: gladys1assie@rediffmail.com
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:47:02 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Personal Message


Dearest One,

I'm reaching you to help me retrieved the funds which my late Father deposited in a prime bank here in my country, Cote d'Ivoire.My name is Miss Gladys Assie, a nationality of Cote D'Ivoire and the only daughter of late Mr and Mrs Gabriel Assie. Born in April 25 1993.

My father was the national chairman of the ruling party LMP during the 2nd tenure of ousted president Mr. Laurent Gbagbo was in power. He was a good political ally to Mr. Laurent Gbagbo, before he died of heart attack shortly after the recent political crisis in my country. On his last moment on earth before taken to the hospital where he gave up to ghost, he confided in me about $8.5 million dollars deposit he made in the said bank here in my country, and handed me over the Deposit Certificate of the fund which I will use as proof to claim the fund as the next of kin with the instruction never to disclose the deposit to any living soul in my country for security purposes.

However I want you to help me get in touch with the bank where my late father deposited the fund with a request to have the fund transfer to your bank account as my foreign guardian/ family appointed beneficiary on my behalf. I hope to join you soon in your country to live and further studies as soon as the fund is transfer to your bank account abroad. I need your urgent help so that I can be free from troubles I�m facing right now. The new government has confiscated most of the my late father's landed properties located in the city, leaving me with the fund only to survive this life this is why I'm asking for your kind to secure the fund in your bank account abroad for future investment purposes under your control.

Unfortunately, I have no other person here to trust with the fund or run to for help. There are still fear of sudden attack by the rebel forces of the present government to most of us who are friends and associates to Mr. Laurent Gbagbo.Moreover, I cannot handle the situation alone or take care of the funds properly by myself as I have no business idea or abroad bank account. In this case, I want to leave my country soonest to your country before I will lose my life and the fund. I will offer you 2.5 million dollars of the total sum for your kind assistance to me. Please reply soon for more details.

Best Regards,

Gladys Assie.

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