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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: RAYMUND IBRAHIMA <rayibrahima31@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <raymundibrahimaxyz@hotmail.fr>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:59:55 +0000
Subject: KIND ASSISTANCE



From: RAYMUND IBRAHIMA
Dearest one,

It is my pleasure to write you after much consideration, since I can not be able to see you face to face at first, please I need your kind Assistance. I am Raymund Okoba Ibrahima, the only Son of late Johnson Ibrahima Okoba,from Cote d'Ivoire (I am 20years of age.) My father was a liability Cocoa and Gold merchant in Cote D'Ivoire before his untimely death.After his business trip to Tunisia,to negotiate on a cocoa and gold business he wanted to invest in Tunisia, a week after he came back from Tunisia, he got an accident with my mother of which my mother died instantly but my father died seven days after in a private hospital. On that fateful afternoon, I didn't know that my father was going to leave me after I had earlier lost my mother, but before he gave up to ghost, it was as if he knew he was going to die.
He My father, (OF BLESSED MEMORY) called me to his bed side and told me that he deposited the sum of ($7.7m)Seven Million Seven Hundred Thousand US Dollars in a bank here in Cote D' Ivoire.That the money was meant for his cocoa and Gold business he wanted to establish in Tunisia, according to my father he deposited the money in a fixed suspense account using my name as the next of kin, He instructed me to seek for a reliable,God fearing and trust worthy business partner for my life time investment. Now I have succeeded in locating the deposit documents and the bank where this money is been deposited.Due to my inexperience in business here in Cote d'Ivoire, I am now seeking for your assistance to help me transfer this money from my country to your account so that we should invest it in any meaningful and lucrative business in your country in which you will suggest because this is my only hope in life. I am willing to offer 20% of the total fund if only you can help me out of my present predicament. DEAR ONE I SEEK YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS RESPECTFULLY;
(1.) Provision of a bank account where this money can be transfered into.

(2.) To make arrangements for me to come over to your country afterthe successful transfering of this money into your account and to come and further my education.

(3.) To help invest this money in a profitable business since I am only 20yrs of age and do not know much about business.

(4) To sponsor me transfer this money into your account,

(5). I want you to promise me that you are not going to betray me after the money gets into your account.
The worst part of it is that my uncle is planinng evil aganist me over this money because i refused to hand him over the documents covering this money, He has sold all my father's landed properties including his cars which rightful belong to me and now he wanted me to hand him over the banking documents of my father in my possesion which i refused.Now he said that he will have this money by all means even if it means killing me, so because of this I ran away from home and hide in a hotel,pending when this money will be transfered so that i can leave the country for my safety. please i am looking forward to hear from you thank's and God bless you.
YOURS SINCERELY, RAYMUND IBRAHIMA
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