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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: Janet Bohoun <janetbohoun@outlook.fr>
Reply-To: Janet Bohoun <janetbohoun@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 21:32:58 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dearest one!




Dearest
one!
 
I am
writting you this message with tears and sorrow and i know this mail may come
to you as a surprise,I am Janet Bohouni the only daughter. My father was a very
wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan Ivory Coast Cote d'Ivoire, my father was
poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a
business trip.
 
My mother
died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so special. Before the
death of my father in a private hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me
on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of Euro (€3.600, 000.00) Three
million Six Hundred thousand Euro, left in fixed,suspense account in one of the
international bank here in Abidjan ,he used my name as his only daughter for
the next of Kin in depositing of the fund. My late father Instructed me to seek
for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this
money and use it for investment purpose such as real estate management or hotel
management.
 
I am
honourably seeking for your assistance in the following ways:
 
(1) To
provide a bank account in which this money would be transferred to.
(2) To
serve as my guardian.
(3) To make
arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education.
 
Note: I am
willing to offer you 10% of the total sum as compensation for your effort,input
after the successful transfer of
this fund
to your nominated bank account. Anticipating to hear from you soon.

Best regards,
Janet Bohouni

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