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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: Fan Can <canfan373@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 10:52:34 +0000
Subject: From Miss. Shanie Laboso


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*From Miss. Shanie Laboso*
*Ivory Coast, West Africa*
*Email: shanielaboso667@gmail.com <shanielaboso667@gmail.com>*

*Good day and God bless you as you read this massage, I am by name Miss.
Shanie Laboso 23 years old girl from Kenya, yes my Mother was Late Miss
Lorna Laboso the former Kenyan Assistant Minister of Home and affairs who
was among the plan that crash board in the remote area of Kalong’s western
Kenya Read more about the crash with the below web site.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/10/kenya.crash/index.html
<http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/10/kenya.crash/index.html>*
*I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment I am receiving
from my step mother. She planned to take away all my late mothers treasury
and properties from me since the unexpected death of my beloved mother. One
day I opened my mother brave case and secretly found out that my mother
deposited the sum of $9.5 million in the one of the prime bank Abidjan,
Cote D’Ivoire with my name Miss. Shanie Laboso as the next of kin, then I
when visited the bank in Cote D’Ivoire to withdraw some money to take
care of myself, on my arrival the Bank Director told me that my mother left
an instruction to the bank, that the money should be release to me only
when I am married or I present a trustee who will help me to invest the
money overseas.*
*That is the reason why I am in search of a honest and reliable person who
will help me and stand as my trustee for the Bank to transfer the money to
his/her account for me to come over and It will be my great pleasure to
compensate you with 25% of the money for your help and the balance shall be
with you kind idea for me to invest under your control over there in your
country.*
*As soon as I receive your positive response showing your interest I will
send you my picture's in my next mail together with the contact of the
bank. Get back to me through this email address shanielaboso667@gmail.com
<shanielaboso667@gmail.com>*

*Yours Sincerely*

*Miss. Shanie Laboso*

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