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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: Solomon Martin <mr.samuel.nana0@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infoboir@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 15:43:17 +0000
Subject: Greetings From Mr Solomon Martin

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>From Mr Solomon Martin,


If you are interested in my proposal, please contact me on my private email
address:(infoboir@gmail.com)

My dear One,

My name is Mr. Solomon Martin, the Secretary to the incumbent Government
Mr.Laurent Gbagbo president of Cote d Ivory in West Africa, I have funds
800,000.00 US dollars, in my possession which the president handed over
tome to pay inn before the political crises. I want to move this fund(s)
that where about to be moved into federal government account because there
is no ownership to the fund(s). All I need from you is your interest to be
my foreign partner so that things will be done with cordial relationship,
equity and rationality.



I have a plan to load the fund in ATM MASTER CARDS and send them to you
through bank so that the fund will be withdrawn from the card on daily
basis until we have the last cent, otherwise using any other method will
involve a lot of processes that will eventually not come to an end like
getting several certificates, payments of insurance fee(s), then using
diplomats and lots more. If you assure me of your partnership I will show
you the simple way this can be done and in less than five days we will
celebrate.

If you are interested in my proposal, please contact me on my private email
address:(infoboir@gmail.com)


Thanks :+233 245 023 720

Sincerely

Mr. Solomon Martin

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