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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: john.mazu@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 00:07:12 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONFIDENTIAL=20TRANSFER?=



CONFIDENTIAL TRANSFER

DEAR

I KNOW MY MAIL WILL BE A SURPRISE TO YOU BUT YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT
I WAS TOTALLY CONVINCED TO WRITE TO YOU IN REFERENCE OF THE TRANSFERING
OF $19.500.000.OO (NINTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDREND THOUSAND US DOLLARS)
INTO YOUR ACCOUNT FOR ONWARD INVESTMENT INYOUR COUNTRY.AND I MUST CONFESS
THAT MY AGITATIONS ARE REAL AND MY WORD IS MY BOND IN THIS PROPOSAL I AM
JOHN MAZU, THE ONLY CHILD OF LATE MR AND MRS.GEORGE MAZU OF THE BLESSED
MEMORY.

MY FATHER WAS A VERY WEALTHY COCOA MERCHANT BASED IN ABIDJAN, THE
ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF IVORY COAST BEFORE HE WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS BUSINESS
ASSOCIATES ON ONE OF THEIR OUTING TO DISCUSS ON BUSINESS WHEN MY MOTHER
DIED ON THE 21ST OCTOBER 1984, MY FATHERTOOK ME SO SPECIAL BECAUSE I AM
MOTHERLESS BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON 7TH NOVEMBER 2002 IN
APRIVATE HOSPITAL HERE IN ABIDJAN. HE SECRETLY CALLED ME ON HIS BEDSIDE
AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAS A SUM OF $19.500.000.OO (NINETEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED

THOUSAND, UNITED STATES DOLLARS) LEFT IN A SUSPENCE ACCOUNT IN AN
INTERNATIONALBANK HERE IN ABIDJAN, THAT HE USED MY NAME AS HIS ONLY SON
FOR THE NEXT OF KIN IN DEPOSIT 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 MANAGEMENT)..


SIR, I AM HONOURABLY SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS.

1)TO PROVIDE A BANK ACCOUNT WHERE THIS MONEY WOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO

2)TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THIS FUND SINCE I AM A BOY OF 24 YEARS

3)TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY AFTER THE
MONEY HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED.

MOREOVER, SIR, I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 20% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS OMPENSATION
FOR YOUR EFFORT/INPUT AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOUR
NORMINATED ACCOUNT OVERSEAS. FURTHERMORE, YOU CAN INDICATE YOUR OPTION
TOWARDS ASSISTING ME AS I BELIEVE THAT THIS TRANSACTION WOULD CONCLUDED
WITHIN SEVEN (7) DAYS YOU SIGNIFY INTEREST TO ASSIST ME. PLEASE EMAIL ME
ON THE ABOVE ADDRESS FOR MOREINFORMATIONS .

ANTICAIPTING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.


THANKS AND GOD BLESS

JOHN MAZU







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