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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: rose martins <rosemartinsspecial@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:12:30 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: FROM;ROSE MARTINS!


From:Rose Martins
Address: 01 BP 422 Abidjan 01, Cote d 'Ivoire,
Email: rosemartins300006@yahoo.fr

Dearest One,

Mysteries has gone in my life. In the western part of Africa is where I meet a hell in my life. 29th September 2002 later in the night the murders came without a pity without a mercy they killed my father in front of me.

My father was a wealthy cocoa merchant.The trouble began early 2002, when my father's associates started suspecting that my father was not giving proper accounts of all the tons of cocoa being cultivated by local farmers in some villages.

This mistrust deepens between Jul-Aug 2002 when they discovered a very big some of money my father deposited with a security company here in ABIDJAN-COTE D'IVOIRE. As a result of this discovery and the enviness of the money , he was killed by his associates.

Before this, he revealed to me the reasons of his being hated.He directed me where to get the documents of the said deposit, he told me that he enrolled my name as his next of kin/beneficiary for the deposit, being the only child. He advised me that I should not stay in the country because his enemies might equally kill me to reap all his wealth hence my mother died of cancer when I was five years old. He instructed me that if he dies, that I should wait till I get married or look for a foreign partner who will help me to move the money abroad and the person will help me to invest the money in his or her country.

My father finally died on 29th of September,2002 and since then I was out of school and went into hiding because of my father's associates. All the relevant documents of the $9.5 (nine million five hundred thousand dollars) that was deposited in a security company are intact with me now.


I am contacting you for urgent assistance to help me secure this money in your Country under your care because those same people that killed my Father later visited me last week asking for the documents regarding the deposit of this money with a Private Security Firm, and I denied of having such documents with me...

They therefore left me but gave a warning to me that on their next visit about these documents, that they will not have to time to ask me about it, but take away my life too, that I better keep the documents for them before their next arrival....

So please dear, you have to come to my urgent assistance to secure this money and I will arrange immediately to travel to meet you in your Country!

My name is Rose Martins, I am 22yrs old deaf girl and a student. Please I would like you to assist me as urgent as you can before they kill me and made away with this money deposited with a Security Company. The death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life. I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards. I therefore appeal to you to find somewhere in your heart to assist me dearly! I wish to invest under your care please.Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded. But permit me to ask these few questions:

1. Can you honestly help me as you would do to your own relation?
2. Can I completely trust you as a reliable person? .
3.What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you after the money has been moved to you?

Please contact me immediately with the below E-mail address and include your contact details in your response to enable me send you all necessary details as regards to the procedure of securing the consignment out from the security company and moving it to you immediately. Please be rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk free. My Private
(E- mail: rosemartins300006@yahoo.fr )

I will be expecting your soonest reply as soon as you get through with this mail of progress.

Thanks and best regards

Yours Sincerely,
Rose Martins.


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