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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: Sarafine Rolland <sarafinerolland@gmail.com>
Date:
Subject:

Message from Sarafine Rolland.



Greetings dear. My name is Miss Sarafine Rolland. I am presently
residing here in Abidjan, Economic capital of Ivory Coast here in West
Africa. However. Kindly Permit me to inform you of my desire to go into a
business relationship with you. I contacted you after going through your
profile, and believe you are a reputable and trustworthy person to handle
my project.

Furthermore, I am the only daughter to my late parents Late Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Rolland. My father was a well-known former oil and gas entrepreneur
here before he was murdered. My mother died when I was a baby. However,
After the death of my father. I discovered that my father had a total sum
of ($4,500,000.00) left in a fixed deposit/suspense account in one of the
prime banks here in Abidjan, and my name stands as the next of Kin in
deposit. However, Due to some circumstances. I have now decided to come to
your country in order to continue my livelihood and to continue my
education and also to invest the fund in a moveable and
profitable investment, Such as real estate management, hotel management or
a transport company.

So I only seek your help in the following ways:

1) To specify a bank account to which this money will be transferred.

2) To serve as the custodian of this fund and investment as I continue my
studies.

3) To make arrangements for me to come to your country to promote my
education.

4) And also help to get a residence permit in your country.



In addition, once this fund has been successfully transferred to your
specified bank account, I am ready to offer you 20% of the total amount
as compensation for your humanitarian aid. Please also let me know your
options to support me, as I believe that this transaction will be
completed within a few banking days. You signal your interest in supporting
me. I will give you more details as soon as I hear from you.

I expect to hear from you as soon as possible.

Thanks for your humble attention and understanding towards my request.

Best Regards

Sarafine

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