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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: "Batool Jacob" <rebecca@tisen.nu>
Reply-To: batooljacob@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 04:36:47 +0200
Subject: Hello Dear





Hello My Dear,


My name is Batool Jacob from Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire, I am 19yrs old female.
I have decided to contact you after much thought considering the

fact that we have not meet before, but because of the urgency of my present
situation here. My parents was the victim of the civil war here in Cote
d'Ivoire 2011,

which the formal president Laurent Gbagbo is still facing the trial now in
CPI.


I am contacting you because I was left alone now and my late father's
relations have thrown me out of my late father house and sell the house and
all our properties due to my father has no male child according to them and
their tradition.


Fortunately to me I found my father's briefcase and when I opened it I
found some documents, which my late father use to deposit the sum of Three
Million Five Hundred

Thousand United State Dollars ($3.500.000.00) in the Bank with my name as
next of kin, but when I went to the bank to make a withdraw from the money
so that i can

start a better life and also further my education.


But the Director of the bank told me that my father's instruction during
the time of deposit is that the fund would

only be release to me or i have access to it when I am up to 24 years of
age or i present a trustee/partner from foreign country of my chioce who
will stand as my gaudian then help me and invest the fund overseas,
therefore the bank ask me to go and look for a foreign partner who will
represent me, that was why I decided to contact you, which I believe that
you are going to be honest and reliable person that will help me and stand
as my trustee/partner so that the fund will be trasnsfer into your bank
account then you will make arrangement for me to come over to your country
to further my education and also to secure a resident permit in your
country.


As soon as I receive your urgent reply indicating your interest to assist
me to successfully transfer the money into an account in your country, I
will give you all the necessary information you may require to proceed
towards transferring the money. Finally, I am willing to offer you 15% of
the total money as mode of compensation for your effort for assisting me
with this humble request,


Meanwhile, the capital balance of the fund shall be in your establishment
until when am old enough to join you in the business you shall establish
with the fund.


I believe that this transaction would be concluded within some days you
signify your interest to assist me. Please reply me.

Anticipating hearing from you urgently.


Best regards,

Yours Sincerely

Miss Batool Jacob

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