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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: <fatimaaad@ymail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 08:32:33 -0400
Subject: Invitation to join the International Society for Third-Sector Research website



<http://istr.site-ym.com/resource/resmgr/images/newbannersmall.jpg>


INVITATION TO JOIN!

Miss Fatima Ahmed would like you to join the International Society for
Third-Sector Research website.

Click here to join the website!
<http://www.istr.org/general/register_start.asp?ref=73D00B29-D54B-4E7D-B
A10-C81ADC00AB0D>

Message from Miss Fatima Ahmed:
Assalam alaykum,

With hope that this mail reaches you in good condition of health, my
name is Miss Fatima Ahmed; I am 18 year old girl, an adopted daughter
of late Dr. Muhammad Ahmed a well known business man in Ivory Coast,
who died on the 15th of October 2013, at the age of 72.

At the moment we have finalized with the funeral ceremony of my late
father, presently our family has turned their back on me because I was
adopted against their Wish, this is just because they are jealous of me
and they doesn't want me to be a part of their family anymore and I do
not WISH to go back to the Warfare (Motherless Babies Home) where my
late parents adopted me, that is why i am contacting you today.

Because of the confidence my late father had in me before his death, he
told me that he has a sum of Two Million Dollars ($2,000.000.00)
deposited in Bank in Ivory Coast, and he made me to understand that he
used me as his next of kin not minding my age, so all the legal
documents are with me presently without the knowledge of any other
person; because of my age, I will need your assistance to move the fund
out from the bank for investment thereof over there in your country,
which is the mean reason why i am contacting you today, as I am still a
little girl of no financial experience, so i really need your
assistance on this issue.

If you assist me to get this fund out from the bank, I will offer you
15% of the total sum as compensation for effort input after the
successful transfer of the fund into your own bank account before
starting the investment project in your country.

I will be waiting to hear from you for more details.

Yours Sincerely
Miss Fatima Ahmed

_____

This email was sent from Miss Fatima Ahmed who is a member of the
International Society for Third-Sector Research website.

This email was sent from a member of the International Society for
Third-Sector Research website. The contents of this email do not
necessarily represent the views or policies of International Society
for Third-Sector Research.

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