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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 about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr james bamgura" <dr_bamgura2@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:13:32 +0000
Subject: READ AND GET BACK TO ME

Attn Dear Sir ,

Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not
meet your personal ethics. I will introduce myself
first to you.My name is Dr.James Bamgura, a staff in
the accounts management section of a BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)
here in bénin republic. One of our accounts with
holding balance of USD15,000,000(Fifteen Million United States Dollars)
has been dormant and it has not been operated for the past years and
an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer Mr.J.C MARTIN
who died along with his entire family on 25th December 2003 in a plane
crash.
VIEW THIS WEB SITE
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html.

and since then nobody has done anything
as regards the claiming of this money because he has
no family members who are aware of the existence of
neither the account nor the funds. Also Information
from the National Immigration states that he was also
single on entry into africa.

I have secretly discussed this matter with some of the
bank officials and we have agreed to find a reliable
foreign partner to make this deal. We thus propose to
do business with you, standing in as the next of kin
so that this fund will released to you after due processes have been
followed.

This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles as the fund is
legitimate and does not originate from drug, money
laundry, terrorism or any other illegal act. On your
interest, let me hear from you.

Regards,
Dr James Bamgura

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