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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: Nassim Abbas <augustinefrancis001@gmail.com>
Reply-To: nassimabbas@hotmail.fr
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 21:47:25 +0000
Subject: =?windows-1252?Q?ASSALAMALAIKUM=2C_IT=92S_MY_PLEASURE_TO_MEET_YOU=2E?=

ASSALAMALAIKUM, IT’S MY PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.

MY NAMES IS NASSIM ABBAS,I AM 23 YEARS OLD GIRL, I AM A FRENCH BUT
PRESENTLY IN COTE DIVOIRE SINCE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER WHO IS
ORIGINALLY IVORIAN, WHILE MY MOTHER IS FROM TOULOUSE FRANCE, BOTH OF
THEM MARRIED WHEN MY FATHER WAS IN TOULOUSE FRANCE THOUGH, THE
MARRIAGE DID NOT LAST LONG BECAUSE MY MOTHER DIED WHEN I WAS ONLY 5
YEARS OLD.

MY FATHER WAS A SUCCESSFUL AND WEALTHY BUSINESS MAN WHO DEALS ON
IMPORTATION OF ALUMINUM AND IRON STEEL HERE IN THE CITY OF ABIDJAN
COTE DIVOIRE BEFORE HIS DEATH ON 30TH AUGUST 2013 AS RESULT OF
DIABETES. NOW HIS BUSINESS HAS BEEN CLAIMED BY HIS BROTHERS, THEY
DON'T EVEN CARE ABOUT ME. NOW BEFORE MY FATHER DIED IN THE HOSPITAL,
HE TOLD ME THAT HE DEPOSITED A SUM OF MONEY $2,500,000.00 (TWO
MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND AMERICAN DOLLARS) IN A BANK, AND MADE
ME HIS NEXT OF KIN WHO SHALL INHERIT THE MONEY IN FUTURE. HE ALSO
WARNED ME TO RELOCATE OUT OF THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE, HIS BROTHERS ARE
EVIL AND GREEDY, AND THEY CAN KILL ME BECAUSE OF THIS MONEY.

DEAR, MY REASON FOR CONTACTING YOU IS TO ASK YOU TO STAND BEHIND ME AS
MY FOREIGN PARTNER TO CLAIM THIS MONEY FROM THE BANK AND TRANSFER IT
TO YOUR ACCOUNT SO THAT I WILL RELOCATE OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY AND
SETTLE DOWN IN YOUR COUNTRY AND YOU WILL ALSO HELP ME TO INVEST THAT
MONEY WISELY IN A GOOD VENTURE. AFTER THE TRANSFER OF THE MONEY TO
YOUR ACCOUNT I PROMISE TO GIVE YOU 30% OF THE TOTAL MONEY FOR ALL YOUR
EFFORT AND EXPENSE IN HELPING ME OUT OF THIS CONDITION.

ALLAH BLESS YOU
NASSIM ABBAS

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