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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: brosemary02 brosemary02 <brosemary02@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: rrrrbakkari@hotmail.fr
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:58:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Miss Rosemary Bakari.


DEAREST ONE,

Besides being interested in living and investing in your country, Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into Personal and business relationship with you. I got your contact through internet search I prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to its esteeming nature. I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business.

By going through this mail you may be wondering to know who authored it. Well, i would not hesitate to give a concise introduction of myself, i am Miss Rosemary Bakari the daugther of Dr.William Bakari of kenama distrit in serria-leone. My father was killed by his business partiners on a business trip. Following the political crisis in my country, i were forced to live my country to Abidjan Ivory Coast where my late father deposited the sum of $(9.000.000.00) (Nine million united state dollars) in a security company here in Abidjan. The money he made during his time as coco marchants in my country.

To be honest with you, this is the only inheritance left for me by my late father which i am with the necessary documents concerning this deposit. Now i have succeeded in locating the security company here in Abidjan –cote d’lvoire and I am soliciting for your assistance to help me to transfer this money into your country for investments . So that we can invest it in any lucrative business in your country because this is my only hope of life. I have promise to gratify you with 10% of the total sum if you assist me. Awaiting anxiously to hear from you so that we can discuss the modalities of this transaction. Please kindly contact me through my privact email address below for more discussion. this is my privact email (rrrbakkari@hotmail.fr)

Thanks for your kind attention.

Most emphatically,

Miss Rosemary Bakari.



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