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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: =?UTF-8?Q?C=C3=A9leste_Marcel?= <celstemarcel14@gmail.com>
Reply-To: clestemarcel@aol.com
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 19:31:23 +0200
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?FROM=3A_Miss_C=C3=A9leste_Marcel?=


Greetings!

I am Miss Céleste Marcel, the only daughter of late Mr. and Mrs. Sylvain
Marcel. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan, the
economic capital of Ivory Coast, my father died during the political crisis
that going on in my country here in Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire).

My mother died when I was a baby when she was about to deliver a new baby
and since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my father
in a private hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side
and told me that he has the sum of Eight Million, Five Hundred Thousand
United State Dollars ($8.500,000 USD) left in one of the private
security/finances trust services house here in Abidjan Ivory Coast as a
family treasures that he used my names her only daughter for the next of
kin in depositing of the fund.

He also explained to me that he might not survive the situation he was at
that present. However That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country
of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment
purpose such as real estate management or hotel management.

Sir, I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards
again. Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded. Now permit me to
ask these few questions:-

(1)Can you help me for the retrievements of this fund on my behalf in the
security bank custody here to your end?
(2)Can you make an arrangement for me to come over to your country to
further my Education and to secure a resident permit in your country?
(3) Can you honestly take me as your own and help me?
(4) Can I completely trust you?
(5) What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you
after the money is in your account?

Please, consider this and get back to me as soon as possible so that I can
forward the documents to you after we have agreed on the conditions for
your assistance. My life is not safe here and I need to be out of here as
soon as possible because now that my father is dead and with me only as a
female child, firstly the political crisis are still going on here in my
country and secondly my uncles are seeking to kill me so that they can have
all my father’s properties.

I really don't want to struggle anything with them in terms of properties
but my presence will still be disturbing them. thank God they are not aware
of this fund in the bank here hence, I want to leave here as soon as you
help me to have the fund cleared from the security bank custody here and
lodge it into a safe account in your stable country and then send me some
amount to enable me prepare to meet you.

Without your help, I will find it difficult to travel and clear it myself
alone with my little or no experience. I am waiting for your urgent reply
with your contact phone number so that I can give you the contact of the
bank for you to contact them on my behalf.

Please reply me through this my private email box: clestemarcel@aol.com

Thank you so much.

Best Regards,
Miss Céleste Marcel

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