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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: "MISS KUMBAR BINTOU" <kumbar_bintou@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: kumbarbintou1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 19:15:21 +0100
Subject: URGENT ASSISTENT NEEDED

MY DEAREST,
How are you doing hope fine,
My dearest i hope this mail will fined you well. it is such a sweet start relationship and i hope that both of us have to keep it up with good understanding and honesty which is the key for every relationship. i need a honest, very good and trusted friend. That will be for me as a friend and a family too. I am very happy i found you. and i hope with the help of GOD we will see each other one day. It is my plessure to make relationship with you.
My dearest, i am presently living in the refugee camp in Dakar,Senegal due to my country civil which course my living now with out parents or relatives, i am an Orphan and i have no other person close to my life but you.
I am not working anything at the moment but i am having the intention to further my education as soon as i am able to live this place through you able help and assistance.
My main reason for looking for a serious man as a friend and the one that will also accept an Orphan like me and also to help me retrive my inherited money US$3.7million USD dollars which my late father deposited in the security and finance bank in Senegal here in my name as next of kin ,before his death.
You will help me to negotiate with the finanace bank regarding the withdrawal and transfer as the law guiding the refugees here did not permit me to participate in any official financial transaction.Therefore i want you to stand as my foriegn beneficially to help me retreive the deposit out from the security and finance bank for transfer to your country in your name as the recpient .I have the certificate of the proof of ownership with me and i will give you the contact of the security and finance bank for you to contact them as soon as i recieve your email of acceptance.
My dear, what i need from you most is honest, careing, loving and good understanding and i am very much happy that by reading your email, i know that you posses all this qualities. My comeing in contact with you really showed me that GOD will surely bring happiness in my life again and please do not leave me behind.
I am waiting to hear from you soonest.with your picture and your phone number so that i can call you to hear each other voice and to discuss more details.
I want you to reply direct to my email (kumbarbintou1@yahoo.co.uk <mailto:kumbarbintou1@yahoo.co.uk>)
Thanks so much.
From MISS KUMBER.


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