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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: "ROSELINE NZETE" <roselinenzet@bol.com.br>
Reply-To: roselinenzete@datafull.com
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 22:35:32 +0200 (EET)
Subject: [***SPAM***] Hello my good friend.

Hello my good friend.

My name is, ROSELINE NZETE. I am from Ivoiry Coast, Abidjan, Cote
D'Ivoire, in West Africa. I am a banker. It is true that we do not know or
have seen each other in person. It cannot stop us to go into this very
business DEAL together.

I have a deceased customer, Mr. Al Saud Bandar's, fund ($9.5 Million Usd)
pending in our bank custody which he left behind before his accidental
death with the Swissair crash victims with his entire family members. The
late depositor did not write or register any body’s name in his contract
file here in our bank computer system as, his Next-Of-Kin and Beneficiary
of this money.

I am contacting you to come into the business as his real Next-Of-Kin and
Beneficiary of this said funds which he deposited with our bank here in
Ivoiry Coast, without Beneficiary. Which I will use my good positions here
in our bank, as the founder and initiator of the business, make you. To
enable our bank management board, agree to release the money to you for
transfer as the real Next-Of-Kin/Beneficiary. Without questioning you. The
source of this money is, 100% genuine and legal.

I alone know about the existence and secrets behind this funds. But before
I further disclose the full details procedures to you. I will like to know
your interest, willingness and your capability to assist me in this
business transaction. Even though you are not interested, do keep every
thing highly secrete and confidential. Here is the plane crash web page.
Go through it and find out what I am telling you about : (
http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html )

I wait for your urgent and early response for more confidential detail
procedures of the business on how it will be executed here with our bank
without problem. Contact me on this E-Mail Address Id Account for more
detail procedures of the business; roselinenzete@datafull.com

You can contact me as well on my telephone number at: +22509238280

Thanks for your understandings.

Yours friend,

ROSELINE.



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