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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: michael bilora <michaelbr10006@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <biloba_michael01@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:38:46 +0000
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME OUT.



Dear Friend
With all due respect, I am BILORA MICHAEL, aged 21 years, a Citizen of Republic Sierra-Leone. I am presently residing in Ghana where I am contacting you from. I got your contact in my search for an honest person abroad who can assist me in investing my inheritance wisely and my instinct motivated me to write you. I hope you will be kind enough to digest my mail and help me in this regards.

I inherited the sum of US$8Million (EIGHT MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) from my late parents as the only child of my parents. My parents were victims of the deadly plane crash that took the lives of over 110 passengers in Continuo, Republic of Benin on December 25, 2003. My parents were on their way to Bruit (Lebanon) on holiday when they met their sudden death. You can check and verify about the plane crash in the following links below.
www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/25/world/main590221.shtml

I am looking for a trustworthy partner abroad who can assist me to move my inherited funds abroad for banking and investment because of the continuo’s Economic and Political instability nature of African states.

I am willing to give you 25% of the money for your role and assistance, 5% stands for local and international expenses that may be incurred in the course of transferring the money to your account while 70% shall be for me.

If you are willing to assist me in this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me for further details.
I shall be very glad indeed to hear from you as soon as possible. I hope you will handle this matter with almost confidentiality and transparency it deserves.

If you accept to help me, I will appreciate it very much if you contact me immediately on my Private Email: biloba_michael01@yahoo.co.uk So that we can go over the details.

Thank you and May God bless you and your family.
Regards Bilora Michael.
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