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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: Ms Zafirah Bahijah <zafirah10bahijah@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Ms Zafirah Bahijah <zafirah100bahijah@outlook.fr>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 01:01:14 +0900 (JST)
Subject: DONATION ON BE HALF OF MRS ZAFIRAH BAHIJAH


DONATION ON BE HALF OF MRS ZAFIRAH BAHIJAH
From Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
No. 38 Rue de commercial Cocody
Abidjan: Ivory Coast.

ATTN:
DEAREST ONE,

Greetings in the mighty name of our God, I believe that God will grant you the willingness and interest to digest this humble narration i want you to understand that my contact to you is not by accident but by the divine direction from God though we believe by the wisdom and understanding of the God who created heaven and earth,  you will well understand the contents and accept to proceed on the project, we knew that we haven't met or seen each other before, but having the believe that distance will never be a barrier towards this divine mission like I said, since my contact with you is not by accident but by the divine direction of God after three days praying and fasting which I also refer that you should constantly engage yourself in prayers.

Before I proceed let me use this opportunity for introduction, my name is Sister Edith Robert a Staff Nurse by occupation 21 years old single, I am the one who helping our beloved sick sister in God Mrs. Zafirah Bahijah a widow who later died here on our hospital 7 days ago through breast and throat cancer illness she married to late Mr. Bahijah Ghassane who is the former director of Chevron Corporation Industry in Abidjan Ivory Coast, both of them are from Kuwait both of them live in Abidjan commercial city of Ivory Coast, they were married for many years without a child till the death of her and his late husband after a brief illness, due to the promise she made to her husband on the alter of God at the day of their marriage wedding also combined with the love between both of them she decided not to re-marry or get a child outside their matrimonial home due to their culture.

I want to narrate about my motive of been in contact with you, before the death of Mrs Zafirah Bahijah and his late husband they have in mind of building a charity Foundation, there is an amount worth of $4.5 Million (Four Million Five Hundred thousand U.S. Dollars) $ 4.500.000.00) that was deposit by her late husband in a bank here in Abidjan a capital of ivory coast which I will inform you after I discovered that you are faithful and capable to accomplish the great assignment, recently her Doctor said that her days in his hospital before she died due to breast cancer and stroke sickness was very terrible.

When she was alive she now having knew her health condition she instructed me as her assistant Staff Nurse in a hospital to seek for a competent reliable person or a God fearing organization to donate her fund presently these fund is still with the bank here in abidjan cote d'ivoire , when she was still alive she advice me to look for some one who will never betray the trust, the purpose of this project funds according to late Zafirah Bahijah when she is still alive is to used the fund for the propagation of God‘s work and Charity services, that is building of hospital and clinics, helping the widows and Orphans, old aged people also people with HIV AIDS who can not afford to pay for their medical treatment, any other thing in relation to God‘s wish is also accepted but not for war, terrorist purposes.

This paragraph is very important, this transaction need a telephone communication from my own side as a Staff Nurse who are assisting in giving you this information so that i can hear the voice of the person that are going to handle these funds of late Zafirah Bahijah due to the character of people in the world today. combined with the presence of her husband's relatives that are always patrol around to know the existent of these her late husband funds in a bank , for this reason you are also advised to keep this matter very confidential between us and God until the fund is transfer to your bank account, why this decision is taking because her late husband warned her very seriously before he died not to let his family members to know anything about this fund, her husband took the decision because his family refused to worship God and chose to worship idol.

That is the reason he decide that his effort and her wife will be used for the work of God although her
family husbands relatives have succeeded to retrieve all the land properties and business from our death sister late Zafirah Bahijah after the death of her husband, the word of God said that blessed is the hand that given than the hand that receives, our death sister late Zafirah Bahijah made me to understand when she is still alive that she is not afraid of death since she know that she will die very soon and she knows by the grace of God that she will rest in the bosom of God after she died, and she always encourage herself with this God Words that says, "the God will fight our case and we shall hold our peace.

If you accepted all i narrated and understand that you will be capable to fulfill this great God's work, as our late sister late Zafirah Bahijah advised, you are required to send as follows below, you are also advised to contact the bank immediately with your full information both your account details should be forward to the bank for immediate transfer of the funds into your private account within 24 hours. for this divine project fund.

Full Name: 
Home Address: 
Country: 
P.O. Box Address:
Postal Address:
Telephone Number: 
Age and Sex: 

Bank contact Email address:  bkoafinancier@ymail.com
Bank name : Bank Regionale DE Solidarite Abidjan Cote d’ivoire.
Bank director name : Dr.  PATRICK  NDEFFI
Bank Contact Telephone Number:+225 4744 8863

Finally, you have appointed through the direction of God for this divine project you will be transfer these funds of $4.5, million by the bank and the only money that would be involved in this would be the bank transfer charges fees of €98 only according to the instruction given by the bank director last time a visited the bank office and this would be the only money that would be paid which are their bank transfer charges fees as a beneficiary of the funds and that is all. 

According to the instruction from a bank director in charge Dr.  PATRICK  NDEFFI, he says that based on the order-city that stated and place in a meeting held between the directors and staff of their bank they assured that this fund will be transfer to you with the complete full amount from their bank here in Abidjan Cote d’ivoire without removing any money or cent from these funds,  because this order has been stamp and signed by our late sister Zafirah Bahijah before she is death

So if you get this fund into your account incomplete from a bank director or any other one else please do not hesitate to inform me here on a hospital as an assistant Staff Nurse of late Zafirah Bahijah seems the bank director has been instructed by our late sister not to remove any cent  from these funds before getting it transferred into your bank account which I know that the bank director will not fail this order given to him by our late sister Zafirah Bahijah if the bank director eventually fails this order-city the director are going to face the consequence or punishment as far as i am concern.

Be informed to use this below information and make the payment of €98: to a bank office based on  information they give me to forward to you last time i visited their office. contact the bank immediately on phone and send them an email through their bank email address as well and instruct them for the transfer of the funds into your private account. contact the bank and ask them how and where to send the fees for a fast action of this transfer. do not see it that you are paying money before receiving these fund to your account i must let you know that there is nothing we can do about it right now because the bank director told me that why this demand is because they are working under the government authority of the country and not individual he says that this is to keep their bank on a safety side therefore they must work according to the rules and regulation of the country and bank.

Receiver's name.... stella  Jang
Country..... cote d’ Ivoire
City.... abidjan
Text Question.........code
Text Answer........ ok
bank transfer charges fees Amount:€ 98
MTCN...........
sender's name:.............
sender's address:.........

Your urgent and fast response is highly needed and would be highly appreciated, so as to enable this issue to be settled once and for all. you can contact the bank in English language never mind. because we do not normally used your own language correct here in our country..

Your delay to respond will give me the room of seeking another humble and dependable person that will accomplish this divine project, this message is written by me the staff nurse, only me and the director is aware of this fund that was deposited in a bank by our Late Sister Zafirah Bahijah.

Seems our Late Sister Zafirah Bahijah have died and buried i will be sending you her burial photos and her sick photos when she was alive here on our hospital as soon as i hear from you and i am going to send you my own pictures with my staff nurse dressing as well. may the God bless you as you accepted and assured wholeheartedly to work in the farm of God.

Yours sisters in God,
Staff Nurse Sister Edith Robert on behalf
of our late sister Zafirah Bahijah

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