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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: "Mr. Sossa Kokou Medard" <sossakokou@ds24.at>
Reply-To: <sossakokou@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 06:44:46 +0200
Subject: CC Plus SARL


CC Plus SARL
Sis cocotomey von charlet,
Cotonou-BENIN.

Kind Attention,

It gives me the responsibility and keen interest to crave your indulgence with this offer.

I am financial consultant based in the Republic of Benin.

My late client has fund with a Depository Trust Company here in Benin which he intended to invest abroad. But his sudden death truncated his Investment plans, Due to his political position before his death, nobody was aware of this fund at the Depository Trust Company except me his financial consultant.

My confidence is that after the death of my client, I have waited for a couple of years but no one has shown up to inquire about the fund and I cannot afford to loose the fund to the firm or the government.

Hence, I require your full cooperation to assist me in claiming the fund from the Depository Trust Company as the foreign partner of my late client and move them abroad for disbursement and we share it between my humble self and you.

As an insider, I have the necessary information required to claim the fund.

Upon the receipt of your response, I will send you the procedures to the immidiate claim.

Thanks and regards

Mr Sossa Kokou Medard.

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