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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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From: <rosebamba10102009@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:06:16 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Rose Bamba

From;ROSE BAMBA
IBIS GUEST INN
Abidjan,Republic of Ivory Coast
Tel:+22505103844.
rosebamba200@yahoo.com
Dearest,

I wish to write you this proposal and ask your help
,this however is not mandatory nor will I in
any manner compel you to honour against your will.

I am ROSE with my twin younger brother JOHN,
both of us are the suviving children of late father Mr PHILLIP BAMBA.
our father was a highly
reputable busnness magnet-(a cocoa merchant)who
operated in the capital of Ivory coast during his
days.

It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in
France during one of his business trips abroad year
12th.Febuary 2005.Though his sudden death was linked
or rather suspected to have been masterminded by an
uncle of ours who manage the company with our father.
But God knows the truth!

Before his death
on Febuary 12 2005 he called the secretary who
accompanied him to the hospital and told him that he
has the sum of seven million,five hundred thousand
United State Dollars.(USD$7.500,000) deposited in
a local bank here in ABIDJAN COTE 'DIVORE

My father further told me that he deposited the
money in his
name,and finally issued a written agreement bound with
this bank which bear the name of his twin CHILDREN
as the next of kin in Claiming ownership and possession
of all the necessary but legal documents to this fund.


we really don't know what to do.Now we want a reputable
one like you whom will claim the fund as our foreign partner
since the fund is deposited in fix/ suspence account for
unward transfer and send some for our bills and our travelling
document as we are in danger of our late father's brother. This is
because we have suffered a lot of set backs as a
result of incessant political crisis here in Ivory
coast.copled that our uncle whom we suspected that is
behide the death of our father 's death is after us and now
we are in a hide out in a local hotel now The
death of my father actually brought sorrow to our
life.

Dear,we are in sincere desire of your humble
assistance in this regards.Your suggestions and ideas will be
highly regarded.

Now permit us to ask these few questions:-
1. Can you honestly help us as your own children
2. Can we completely trust you?
3.can you provide a bank account in which this money would be transferred into.
4. To serve as a guardian of this fund since we are under age ( 22) years old.
5. To make arrangement for us to come over to your country to further our education while you manage the money in any lucrative besiness you know
that can yield profit till we graduate.

Please,Consider this unrestfull situation and get back to us as soon as
possible. rosebamba200@yahoo.com rosebamba200@yahoo.com



Thank you so much.
My sincere

ROSE AND JOHN BAMBA.





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