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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: "kouame kouassi" <kkouame020@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: kouassi_kouame01@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:59:40 +0000
Subject: From: Mr.Kouame Kauassi

From: Mr.Kouame Kauassi
Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire
West - Africa
Tel:++22506350962.

My Dear Friend,

I am Mr Kouame Kauassi, I work in the Accounts/Operations Department of a
Prime bank here in bidjan,Cote D'Ivoire. I have an urgent and very
confidential business proposal for you. I actually got your contact from the
Internet and decided to contact you immediately.

On the 30th of July 1998, a Saudi Arabian Oil Consultant/ Contractor with
the Societe Ivoirienne De Raffinage (SIR), Mr. Al Saud Bandar, made a one
year fixed deposit valued at US$12,000,000 (Twelve Million United States
Dollars)with my bank.After making the deposit,nobody saw or heard of Mr Al
Saud, Bandar again till this date.

On investigation,it was discovered that Mr.Al Saud Bandar died along with
his family in the ill fated Swissair plane crash Sept.2,1998 killing all 229
passengers on board.You can refer to the following CNN news websites to
confirm this;

http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9809/08/swissair.02/

On further investigation,I discovered that Mr.Al Saud Bandar did not leave
any WILL and did not
declare any Next of Kin in all his official documents,including his Bank
Deposit paper work. This sum of US$12,000,000 is still floating in the Bank
and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of
each year. For 8 to 9 years now,no one has ever come forward to claim the
fund.

According to the Ivoireinne finanacial Laws, at the expiration of 9 (nine)
years,the account will be declared unservisable and thereby sent to the
government treasury.

That is what gave way to this deal.As the personal accounts manager to Mr Al
Saud Bandar,I am seeking your consent to present you as the next of kin to
the deceased,so that the proceeds of
this account can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money
50:50. Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you, as a foreigner to
stand in as the Next of Kin to Mr. Al Saud Bandar.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal
through.I guarantee that this deal will be executed under all legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please revert to me at your ealiest convinence through this mailbox.

Thanking you.

Mr.Kouame Kauassi

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