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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?gloria=20bamkura?= <gloria_bamkura2005@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:43:49 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: gloria_bamkura2005@yahoo.fr


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : gloria_bamkura2005@yahoo.fr

FROM:MRS GLORIA BAMKURA

Abidjan COTE D'IVOIRE

WEST AFRICA


Dear FRIEND,


I am MRS GLORIA Bamkura the wife of late former Director of

Finance, Dr F. PAUL Bamkura, Sierra-Leone diamond and mining

corporation. I must confess my agitation is real, and my words is

my bond, in this proposal. My late husband diverted this money

meant for purchase of ammunition, for my country, during peak of

disastrous civil war in my country, now he has deposited the money

in a bank in Abidjan, where I am residing under political asylum

with my son samson Bamkura.


Now the war in the my country is over with the help of ECOMOG

solders, the present government of Sierra-Leone has revoked the

passport of all officers who served under the former regime and

now ask Countries to expel such person at the same time freeze

their account and confiscate their asset, it is on this not that I

am contacting you, all I needed from you is to assist me transfer

this money in your private bank account, the said amount is $8.5

000.000.00M (eight million FIVE Hundred us dollars).


I am compensating you with 20% of the total amount,and 2%

miscellanous now all my hope is banked on you and I really wants

toinvest this money in your country, were there is stability of

Government, political and economic welfare.


Honestly I want you to believe that, this transaction is real and

never a joke. My late husband Dr F. PAUL Bamkura gave me the

Certificate of Deposit issued to him by the bank on the date of

deposit, for you to be clearified because, I do not expose my self

to anybody I see, I believed that you will be able to keep this

transaction secret for me because this money is the hope of my me

and my son life, it is important. Please contact me immediately if

you have gone through my message fill free and make it urgent.



NB: try and negotiate for me some profitable blue chip investment

opportunities which is risk free which I can invest this money

when it is transferred to your account personally I am interested

in estate management and hotel business, please advice me.


Thanks and God bless

Best Regard

MRS GLORIA Bamkura/SON





- gloria bamkura


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