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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: PRINCES ELVIRA <elvira_kone229@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: elvira_kone226@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:33:17 +0900 (JST)
Subject: PRINCES ELVIRA

PRINCES ELVIRA
COTE D' IVOIRE.
Alternative Email:
elvira_kone226@yahoo.co.jp

Attention:

I AM WRITING THIS LETTER IN CONFIDENCE BELIEVING THAT IF IT IS THE WISH OF GOD FOR YOU TO HELP ME AND MY FAMILY, GOD ALMIGHTY WILL BLESS AND REWARD YOU ABOUNDANTLY AND YOU WOULD NEVER REGREAT THIS. I AM A FEMALE STUDENT FROM UNIVERSITY OF COCODY, ABIDJAN. I AM 23 YRS OLD. I WOULD LIKE ANY PERSON
WHO CAN BE CARING, LOVING AND HOME ORIENTED. I WILL LOVE TO HAVE A LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU AND TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO BUILD UP A SOLID FOUNDATION WITH YOU IN TIME COMING IF YOU CAN BE ABLE TO HELP ME IN THIS TRANSACTION. WELL, MY FATHER DIED EARLIER EIGHT MONTHS AGO AND
LEFT ME BEHIND.

HE WAS A KING, WHICH OUR TOWN CITIZENS TITLED HIM OVER SIXTEEN YEARS BEFORE HIS DEATH. I AM PRINCESS TO HIM AND I AM THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN TAKE CARE OF HIS WEALTH, NOW HE LEFT THE SUM OF $12.3 US DOLLARS. (TWELVE MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND) IN A SECURITY COMPANY. THIS MONEY WAS ANNUALLY
PAID INTO MY LATE FATHERS ACCOUNT FROM SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (SPDC) AND CHEVRON OIL COMPANY OPERATING IN OUR LOCALITY FOR THE COMPENSATION OF YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN OUR JURISDICTION. I DON'T KNOW HOW AND WHAT I WILL DO TO INVEST THIS MONEY SOME WHERE IN ABROAD, SO THAT
MY FATHER'S KINDRED WILL NOT TAKE OVER WHAT BELONGS TO MY FATHER AND OUR FAMILY, WHICH THEY WERE PLANNING TO DO WITHOUT MY PRESENT BECAUSE I AM A FEMALE AS STATED BY OUR CULTURE IN THE TOWN.

NOW, I URGENTLY NEED YOUR HUMBLE ASSISTANCE TO MOVE THIS MONEY FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY TO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT, THAT IS WHY I FELT HAPPY WHEN I SAW YOUR CONTACT BECAUSE I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT BY THE GRACE OF GOD, YOU WILL HELP ME INVEST THIS MONEY WISELY. I AM READY TO PAY 20% OF THE
TOTAL AMOUNT TO YOU IF YOU HELP US IN THIS TRANSACTION AND ANOTHER 10% INTEREST OF ANNUAL AFTER INCOME TO YOU, FOR HANDLING THIS TRANSACTION, WHICH YOU WILL STRONGLY HAVE ABSOLUTE CONTROL OVER. IF YOU CAN HANDLE THIS PROJECT SINCERELY AND ALSO WILLING TO ASSIST ME IN LIFTING THIS FUND.

PLEASE, NOTE THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE AND I HOPE TO COMMENCE THE TRANSACTION AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE, I WILL SEND YOU MY PHOTOGRAPH AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU.

YOURS SINCERELY,
PRINCES ELVIRA KONE.



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