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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Flora Bamba" <flora_bamba1@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:13:49 +0000
Subject: From Flora Bamba


Please reply me back through my private email address (flora_bamba1@yahoo.fr )
>From Flora Bamba.
Address St Mary Mothers Home
Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire in west africa.
Dear Please do not be embraced with this letter as we have not seen or met before. My name is Flora Bamba.I am the only doughter of Late Chief. Bamba Sodjo a wealthy cocoa merchant in the northern part of Sierra Leone who was assasinated by unknown gun men after his return trip from Europe with my Mother.
All the police efforts to track down the assasins of my late Father and mother has not been succesful,Hence we decided to flee to a neighbouring country where we have been since as a refugee seeking asylum in a refugee camp here in Abidjan,Cote d'Ivoire
My late father told me that He deposited a truck box containing USD $ 8.5M Dollars with a security company in Abidjan,Cote d'Ivoire where I am residing now. I have gone to the office of the security company with the certificate of the deposit of this consignment and with the agreement that my late father entered with this company to verify that this consignment is still there but the agreement states that I would need the assistance of a foreign partner who will claim this truck box on my name since I am still under-aged.

This is why I am seeking your assistance to enable us front you as our appointed foreign partner who will assist me in claiming this box from this company.Please I want you to know that the security company does not know that this deposited box contains money because my late father registered and tagged it as family valuables and art works for security reasons?. Therefore,I will like you to come down here in abidjan so that both of us will go to the security company for claiming out the consigment.

I will therefore seeking your kind assistance in the following ways:
(1) To provide me with your detailed personal information which includes,Your full names,Contact address and your Telephone and fax numbers so that I can submit it to the security company authorising them to recognise and lift this consignment to you as my guardian

(2) To serve as our guardian of this fund since I am only 18 years . if the consignment delivered to your address pending on my arrival to your country for the continuation of my education and investment in your own area of choice since I am still a novics in the buisness world.
(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a resident permit in your country.

Moreover, Dear, I am willing to offer you 20 % of the total sum as compensation for your effort/input after the successful release and delivery of this box to your nominated address and 5% for any expenses that might be incurred during the process of this transaction making it 25% of the total USD $ 8.5M.
Thanks for your concern.
Flora Bamba.

Please reply me back through my private email address (flora_bamba1@yahoo.fr )

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