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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: Marina Louise Bwogo <justindorris1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: marinalouiise@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 11:12:14 +0000
Subject: -- I Need your Help please,

Hi Dearest,
I Quickly have to introduce myself to you first, i am Ms.Marina Louise
Bwogo, am 19 years old female from "South Sudan" East-Central Africa, I'm
the Daughter of Late high-ranking South Sudanese military commander allied
to president "Salva Kiir’s" Government which died after he was allegedly
ambushed in Upper Nile state by government forces. My late Father was a
well known "South Sudan" military leader as a (GENERAL). He died on
Thursday April 2, 2015.

You can read more about my father death in the link below:
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article54482

I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment which i am
receiving from my step mother. She planned to take away all my late
father's treasury and properties from me since the unexpected death of my
beloved Father because my mother died during child birth and i was left me
alone with my step mother to take care of me. Meanwhile i wanted to travel
to oversees, but she hideaway my traveling documents. Luckily she did not
discover where i kept my father's File which contained important documents
like the "WILL" and deposit certificate of my Father's money in the bank
which bears my name as the next of kin to inherit the money in his bank fix
deposit account. Now I am presently staying in the Refugee Mission Camp
here in "Ivory Coast". I am seeking for effective relationship and
investment assistance. My late father of blessed memory deposited the sum
of US$ 18.4 Million (Eighteen Million Four Hundred Thousand United State
Dollars) with 20kilograms Golds in the Bank here in "Ivory Coast" West
Africa with my name as the next of kin.

I have visited the Branch Bank to clear the deposit but the Branch Manager
told me that my late father place an instruction on the agreement
certificate of the deposit which stated i must present a foreign trustee
who will help me invest this money in his/her country oversees.
However, the manager advised me to provide a trustee who will stand on my
behalf for the claim and transfer of this money. i could have inform my
stepmother about this deposit but i am afraid of her because of her
attitudes with me since after the death of my beloved father.

This makes me to decide to seek for a trust worthy person who will
assistance me in transferring this money into his/her private bank account
to enable me join over to his/her country to continue my education and
settle dawn. If you indicate your interest to assist me, i will introduce
you to the bank and send to you the bank account number and the contact of
the bank where my late father deposited this money with my name as the next
of kin. It is my intention to compensate you with 30% out of the total
money after the successful of the transfer for your assistance and the
balance shall be my investment capital in any profitable venture which you
will recommend to me as i have no idea about foreign investment there in
your country. Please all my communications with you should be confidential
for security purposes.

i will be given you more detail as soon as i hear from you and your
wiliness to assist me,I will appreciate your feedback on my private email
address as follow, (marinalouiise@yahoo.com).Waiting for your urgent
response.

Yours sincerely
Ms.Marina Louise Bwogo.

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