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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: Comfort Somba <comfort123@inbox.lv>
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 21:32:58 +0300
Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?B?RlJPTSBNUlMuQ09NRk9SVCBTT01CQS4=?=




FROM MRS.COMFORT SOMBA.
ABIDJAN COTE D' IVOIRE
WEST AFRICA.
E-mail; comfortsoba@yahoo.fr

Dearest,

I am Mrs Comfort Somba from India. I am married to Late Mr Daniel
Somba who
worked with India embassy in Ivory Coast for nine years before he
died in
the year 2001. We were married for eleven years without a child. He
died
after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.

Since his death I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my
matrimonial
home which the Bible is against. When my late husband was alive he
deposited
the sum of $5.5Million (Five Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S.
Dollars)
in one of the Security Company here in Abidjan.

Recently, my Doctor told me that I have serious sickness which is
cancer
problem. The one that disturbs me most is my stroke sickness. Having
known
my condition I decided to donate this fund to a church or individual
that
will utilize it the way I am going to instruct herein.

I want a God fearing person that will use this fund for orphanage
Homes,
widows, propagating the word of God and to endeavour that the house
of God
is maintained. The Bible made us to understand that Blessed is the
hand that
gives, I took this decision because I don't have any child that will
inherit
this money and I don' t want my husband's efforts to be wasted or
abandoned
or a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly way.

Due to my health conditions, I have forwarded all the necessary
documents
required for this fund released to the Security Company and also an
Authority
Letter Directing the Security Company to release this deposited
family treasure
to you as soon as you Identify yourself to the Security Company as
the deposited
family treasures recipient.

Kindly contact the Security Company and request for this deposited
family
treasure as I have directed you.

Hoping to receive your reply soonest via my alternative email;
comfortsoba@yahoo.fr
for confidential.

Yours in Christ,
Mrs Comfort Somba.
E-mail; comfortsoba@yahoo.fr [1]

Links:
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[1] mailto:comfortsoba@yahoo.fr


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