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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: charles ado <charlesadopa2005@yahoo.ca>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 02:27:24 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: IN NEED OF YOUR HELP( REPLY VERY URGENTLY)


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: charlesadopa2005@yahoo.ca



Prince Charles Ado Sister.

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.

Email: charlesadopa2005@yahoo.ca


Dear Respectful,



Permit me to inform you of our desire of going into business

relationship with you. I know you might be surprised on recieving

this mail due to we have not met before. By brief introduction , I am

Prince Charles ado from Ado family, a citizen of Cote

d´Ivoire and the senior Son of late Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Ado. My

late parents were killed by the military rebels in my home town

BOUAKE the second economic capital of Cote d´Ivoire during the recent

political Crisis in my country which led to the assasination of the

country's first military president Gen.Robert Geui.

My parents were wealthy Cocoa Merchants before they were brutally

assasinated by the rebels. Before his death in a private specialist

hospital , my father secretly confided to me of the total sum of

US$11.5 million dollars he deposited in one of the well known

commercial banks here in Abidjan-Cote d´Ivoire which he wanted to

transfer abroad for investment through a foreign partner's account as

co-beneficiary to assist in his proposed oil business wanted to

established in europe or america.

My father also told me his intension to invest this money in

allocation of oil business with companies in countries like Saudi

Arabia ,Libya, America or Europe.

Dear, I am honourably seeking your assistance to stand as our foreign

partner to and to act as guardian of the money to provide a bank

account for the transfer of this fund into your bank on our behalf

for investment in your country and for the mutual benefits of our

both families. And the

amount in the account is US$11.5 million dollars.

Note that we have choosen you to assist us invest the money in oil

business in any of the countries where you felt is politically

condusive for investment opportunities. I will also like you to make

arrangement for me and my sister to further our Education in your

country.

We have agreed to offer you 20.5% of the total sum as your

compensation if you can assist us in this most important and valued

objective and you will serve as guardian to the company that you will

establish for us until we are capable of managing it ourselves.

Please reply this mail immediately by indicating your acceptance to

co-operate through the above email contact address. Please send the

following information for immediate submission to the bank here as

authorised receipient:-

1)Your account name.

2)Account number.

3)Telephone & fax numbers.

4)Bank address and contacts . As soon as I receive this information I

will send to you the

lodgement slip of the fund for you to contact the bank.

Now we are lying helplessly in one of the local hotels here

Yamussoukro-Cote

d´Ivoire . We need your urgent attention to this transaction to

enable the bank transfer this money to your account abroad and to

enable us come over there to your continue or education.

NOTE: The rebels has taken over our town Bouake and are in posession

of our parents properties and now we have nobody again to care about

us, except our hope on you and on this money awaiting to

be transferred into your account as our only inheritance for our future

benefits. Please reply urgently. If you are thus and truly disposed to

assist

me in transferring this fund kindly write me through my e-mail address:

charlesadopa2005@yahoo.ca


Expecting to hear from you.


Best Regard and God Bless.


Prince Charles Ado Sister

- charles ado


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