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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: "Ms. Eve James" <evejames01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: "Ms. Eve James" <ms_jameseve@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 06:25:38 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear Friend in Christ,


Permit me to inform you of my r
desire of going into business relationship with you. I am quite aware
that my message will come to you as a surprise because it is indeed very strange for someone you have not met before to contact you in this
regard. I am Ms.Eve James the only daughter of late Chief. And Mrs.Dikko James .My father was a very wealthy Cocoa merchant in Abidjan Capital
of Cote d’Ivoire. My father was poisoned to death by his business
associates on one of their outings on a business trip. My mother died
when I was a baby and since then my father took me so special. Before
the untimely death of my father on March 2008 in a private hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he
has the sum of(Seven million, five hundred thousand Euros
(€7.500,000,00)left in fixed / suspense account in one of the prime bank in Spain,

Which he used my name as his only daughter for the
next of Kin in depositing of the fund. He also explained to me that it
was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business
associates. That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my
choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment
purpose such as real estate or hotel managements.

Dear, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways:
(1) To provide a bank account into which this money would be transferred into.
(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 23years.
(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further
My education and also to secure a resident permit in your country.

Moreover,
Dear I have already made up my mind to do this transaction with you the
only thing I need from you is sincerity and trust because this money is
all I have and after the successful transfer of this fund into your
nominated account overseas I will arrange my travelling documents to
meet you so that we will discuss on the investment plans ok.

Note that once I read your reply I will tell you more about me and my transaction ok.


Best Regard,

Ms. Eve James

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