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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: "gloria_bamkura" <gloria_bamkura@canada.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 06:07:18 -0800
Subject: FROM:MRS GLORIA BAMKURA

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 to invest 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 feel 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



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