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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: Yukiz Awah <yukizawah10@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2021 00:55:03 -0700
Subject: Hello dear

Hello dear

How are you today? I hope all is well with you, Please do not be surprised
or offended by receiving this message from me. I am Mariam Guei from Cote
d'Ivoire in west Africa also I am the only daughter of my parent Late Mr.
Toure Guei.
I wish to request for your urgent assistance in my investment plans in your
base.

I wish to invest in manufacturing and real estate management in your
country. My father was a politician and he is also a very good businessman
dealing with gold and cocoa merchants in Accra Ghana and Abidjan (Ivory
Coast), he was poisoned to death by his business associates during one of
their business trips recently.

Before his sudden death.
My father called me on his bedside at the hospital and told me that he has
a sum of Six Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollar ($6.5
Million USD) deposited in one of the banks here in Abidjan Ivory Coast, my
father told me that he used my name for the next of kin when he was
depositing the fund for security reasons.

My uncle has seized all my late father's properties of which he wants me to
provide every other document related to my late father's bank deposit I
refused.Now my life is in a very big danger, for this reason I have to look
for my safety for my coming over to meet you immediately after the transfer
of this money to your account.

Now my uncle is going around Cote D'ivoire, looking for me to collect all
the documents that cover this money, my late father told me to never show
it to anybody, that the documents are my only hope. Now, Due to political
problems in my country, I am the only person left in my family.
I seek your assistance in the following ways

1.) To provide a bank account where this money can be transferred into.
2.) To make arrangements for me to come over to your country after the
successful transferring of this money into your account, for me to come and
further my education because I will continue to study medicine over there
in your country.
3.) To help me invest this money in a profitable business since I am under
age and do not know anything about business.
4.) To sponsor, transfer this money into your account.
5.) I want you to promise me that you are not going to betray me after the
money gets into your account.
Please I want to invest this money in a very good business area over there
in your country, this money has been deposited for my social security and
for fruitful international investment.

My late father has an agreement with the bank that I should provide a
foreign partner from any country of my choice that will help me receive
this money and I need you to help me provide investment purposes overseas.

Contact me through this email : gueidaughter@gmail.com
I am waiting your urgent reply
Regards
Mariam Guei

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