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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: francois fabiola <miss.francois59@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <f_fafa2007@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 16:30:17 +0200
Subject: From Miss Fabiola Francois,



From Miss Fabiola Francois,

How are you today? I know that my letter will meet you as a surprise. I am Fabiola Francois, i am 19, My mother was an African American while my father was from the french speaking colony of Cote D' Ivoire, i was living with my mother at 1507 Cedar Creek Circle Sanford. Florida,USA. And i attended Amity Regional Senior High School, Sanford Road, Woodbridge . I lost my mother sometime ago and after her death i came to meet my father for the very first time in Cote d' Ivoire West Africa, though he was also living in the state before he relocated back to Cote d' Ivoire to set up a business.
Exactely two months and one week after i came to meet my father with the help of US consulates he died, he was very sick when i came to meet him. But before his death there were some document he gave to me and he told me that everything he worked for in his life time is in the document when i crosscheck the documents, i discovered that my late father deposited $ 3.8 Million dollars (Three million Eight hundred thousand US dollars) in a security company here in Ivory Coast as a family property,this he did for security reason and made an aggrement with the security company that it will only be his business partner that will have right to make claims over the box incase of death though no name was given.this is to enable me choose someone who will stand for me as my fathers business partner, and also to stop my uncles from having access to the fund,since women do not inherit anything from the family. Another reason why he deposited the money in the security company was because of the political problem in the country.While I am telling you all this is because i am just a girl and there is little or nothing i can do on my own and again if my late fathers relatives find out that my late father left this kind of money in my care i don't know what they might do to me, so i will like you to help me contact the security company as my late father's business patner and ask them the modalities of retriveing the box,so that you can assist me safegaurd the box and invest it for me in a profitable business in your country.I promise to offfer you 15% of the total money for helping me and additional 5% for any expenses you may incure during this process
Please i request for your trust and understanding because it might sound unbeleivable but it is the truth, Please get back to me as soon as posible.
Sincerely Yours,
Fabiola Francois
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