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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: "Ms. Marine Louise" <justindorris50@gmail.com>
Reply-To: marinalouiise@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 12:39:28 +0000
Subject: Please Remember Me,

Dearest,

Let me first introduce myself to your understanding, i am Ms.Marina
Louise Bwogo, am 19 years old female from "South Sudan" East-Central
Africa, I'm the Daughter of Late high-ranking South Sudanese military
commander allied to president "Salva Kiir’s" Government which died
after he was allegedly ambushed in Upper Nile state by government
forces. My late Father was a well known "South Sudan" military leader
as a (GENERAL). He died on Thursday April 2, 2015.

You can read more about my father in the link below:
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article54482

I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment which i am
receiving from my step mother. She planned to take away all my late
father's treasury and properties from me since the unexpected death of
my beloved Father because my mother died during child birth and i was
left me alone with my step mother to take care of me. Meanwhile i
wanted to travel to oversees, but she hideaway my traveling documents.
Luckily she did not discover where i kept my father's File which
contained important documents like the "WILL" and deposit certificate
of my Father's money in the bank which bears my name as the next of
kin to inherit the money in his bank fix deposit account. Now I am
presently staying in the Refugee Mission Camp here in "Ivory Coast". I
am seeking for effective relationship and investment assistance. My
late father of blessed memory deposited the sum of US$ 18.4 Million
(Eighteen Million Four Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) in the
Bank here in "Ivory Coast" West Africa with my name as the next of
kin.

I have visited the Branch Bank to clear the deposit but the Branch
Manager told me that my late father place an instruction on the
agreement certificate of the deposit which stated i must present a
foreign trustee who will help me invest this money in his/her country
oversees.
However, the manager advised me to provide a trustee who will stand on
my behalf for the claim and transfer of this money. i could have
inform my stepmother about this deposit but i am afraid of her because
of her attitudes with me since after the death of my beloved father.

This makes me to decide to seek for a trust worthy person who will
assistance me in transferring this money into his/her private bank
account to enable me join over to his/her country to continue my
education and settle dawn. If you indicate your interest to assist me,
i will introduce you to the bank and send to you the bank account
number and the contact of the bank where my late father deposited this
money with my name as the next of kin. It is my intention to
compensate you with 30% out of the total money after the successful of
the transfer for your assistance and the balance shall be my
investment capital in any profitable venture which you will recommend
to me as i have no idea about foreign investment there in your
country. Please all my communications with you should be confidential
for security purposes.

i will be given you more detail as soon as i hear from you and your
wiliness to assist me,I will appreciate your feedback on my private
email address as follow, (marinalouiise@yahoo.com).Waiting for your
urgent response.

Yours sincerely
Ms.Marina.

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