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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: "Sandra Harry" <sandraharry01@yahoo.co.in> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 22:02:41 +0200
Subject: From Sandra Harry

>From Miss. Sandra Harry.

Alternative Email:sandraharry01@yahoo.co.in

Abidjan,Cote d'ivoire
West africa.

Dearest,

Good day,please excuse me because this letter might come to you as a surprise,
but it is coming with the best of intentions and by the special grace of God will be of mutual benefit to both parties involved.

You might wonder how I got your contact; I got your contact adress from net work directory when I was searching for a trustwothy
person to contact for these transaction and after a profound search I was convinced that you will be of great assistance to me
and I have no doubt of your credibility to work with me as my foreign business partner.

Meanwhile,I am Miss. Sandra Harry, the only Dauther of late Chief and Mrs Bruce Harry, my father was a Gold and Cocoa Merchant
who based here in Abidjan. My father was poisoned to death by his business associates about Two years ago, and he died in a private
hospital here in Abidjan. But when he was about to die, he called me beside his sick bed and told me that he deposited the sum of
Four Million Six houndred thousand united states dollars.USD($4.600,000) in a bank here in Abidjan.

He made me to understand that the money was deposited with my name as the next of kin for onward transfer. He added that if he did
not survive the sickness, that I should find a reliable partner in a country of my choice to appoint him as my guardian and benefitiary
of the fund so that the bank will transfer the fund to his account in his country and my late father later died.

Now I will require your assistance in receiving the funds in your personal/company account for my investment, I will be gladly offer you
15% of the total sum for your assistance,and I will like to invest in Manufacturing and real estate management in your country.

Please try to respond urgently so that we can start working towards the business as you know that this country Abidjan is no longer in
peace since they conducted their presidential election on the 22nd October 2000 the country has witness all sorts of political unrest
ranging from ethnic clash which resulted to killing of innocent citizen and strangers. People are living in fears right now as the country
is no longer that peaceful nation as it was before,try to watch (BBC) news or (CNN) cable focused on africa you will understand what I am talking about.

You are to indicate your interest to me immediately, forward your telephone /fax numbers, your current contact Address for proper identification.
Note: there is no risk involved in this project, therefore contact me through email for further directives,our family lawyer shall provide all the necessary
documents that will make you the legal beneficiary for the transfer of funds.

please it is very important you contact me immediately on my private email address: sandraharry01@yahoo.co.in for further explanation on how we will proceed.

Awaiting your immediate response

Thanks and God bless.
Yours Faithfully,
Sandra Harry



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