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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: Crystal Cedric <eilifabie@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: Crystal Cedric <crystalcedri@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 11:40:38 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Please Asist Me



Hello Dear!

Please accept my apology if this request does not meet your personal ethics as it is not my intended to cause you any embarrassment in whatever form, I am writing this letter in confidence believing that if it is the wish of God for you to help me, God almighty will bless you and reward you abundantly, you would never regret helping me, my name is Miss. Crystal Cedric, I am 22yrs old undergraduate from the Republic of Ivory Coast, In my culture, when a man die if he does not have a male child the brothers share his properties leaving the wife and the daughters empty handed that is the case with me now.

My father was a very successful business man into timber plantations and agricultural Food exportation but was poisoned by his step brothers, my uncles that were assisting him in his business due to jealousy, May his soul rest in perfect peace and now they are after me so I had to escape my way.

As I am only daughter of my late parent I lost my mother when I was barely a year old and my father refused to re-marry another wife despite all persuasion by Friends and relatives, because he felt solely responsible for my mother's death, as he only concentrated on his business that he rarely pays attention to domestic/family affairs it was as a result of this that he made me the next of kin to the fund he deposit with the bank and stated that in the event of any eventuality, I should have a direct access to the funds. But I have approached the Bank to clear the deposit unfortunate I met a blank wall an surprises as the Branch Manager of the Bank told me plainly that my late father attached an instruction on the deposited fund that I must get up to 30 years before the Bank will release the money to me or provide a Foreign partner who will stand in as my guarantor and on the transfer of the funds into an account that he will provide for investment.

Dear I am contacted you for you to stand as my Foreign Trustee to enable the bank release and transfer the money into your country Bank Account as my Foreign Trustee for onward investment ( Hotel industries and Estate building management) or any profitable business in your country, while I locate over there to continue my studies.

It is also my wish and intention to compensate you handsomely with mutual understanding after the transfer for your assistance and the balance shall be my investment in any profitable venture which you will recommend to me as I have no idea about foreign investment.


Seriously waiting for your reply.

Yours sincerely

Miss Crystal Cedric

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