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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: sophia2000@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 17:38:33 +0200
Subject: I await your soonest respond

Dear Friend,
Introduction:
I know this letter may come to you as a surprise. I am Miss Sophia Robert
Guei, the only daughter who survived the massacre of the late general Robert
Guei who was the formal military junta and president of Ivory -Coast . I
am in Cotonou ,Benin-Repubic where I am taken refugee with my younger brother.
I and my brother wish to employ your services to act as our proxy to claim
the sum of 45million USD from the finance house which the money was deposited
by my late father with my name as the next of kin, before we come over to
meet with you.
All you will need to do is to contact the finance house where these money
is deposited and open another account online, then I will write an order
for the bank to transfer the money into the account that you will open as
my beneficiary.
Once this is achieved my father's name will be completely erased from the
transaction and it make the whole thing risk free from the incumbent government
of my country ,president Laurel Gbagbo who is a foe of my family.
Upon request I will scan and send to you the certificate of deposit for your
perusal before the transaction commences.
Considering the effort you will put in the transaction,starting from the
opening of the account to the investment of the money we are willing to concede
25% of the money to you as compensation, while we will write an asset management
agreement between us for you to invest the remaining75% .
We will want to know you well and therefore you are expected to send to us
your CV as well as any other means of proper Identification.
Even though the transaction will be based on mutual trust.
Please if this proposal interests you , please make sure you get back to
me .
You can visit http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/930254.stm
http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp
http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.as
http://iafrica.com/news/worldnews/163419.htm for more information about my
late father.
I await to hear from you soon
Please keep this matter as a top secret till the end of the transaction.

Regards
Ms.Sophia Robert Guei.

___________________________________________________________

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