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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: diana bukar <diana@diana5.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 14:24:29 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?DIANA_=C2=A0BUKAR.?=





Sir
Good Day! My name is Miss Diana Bukar , the only
daughter of late Mr. and Mrs James Bukar of the
blessed memory. My father was a very wealthy cocoa
merchant in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory
Coast, my father was poisoned to death by his business
associates in one of their outings on a business trip.
My mother died when I was a baby and since then, my
father took me so special.. Before the death of my
father on January 2003 in a private hospital here in
Abidjan, he secretly called me on his bedside and told
me that he has the sum of $7.5Million (Seven Million
Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars)
fixed/suspense account in one of the prime banks here
in Abidjan-Cote d´Ivoire, that he used my name as his
only daughter as the next of kin in depositing the
fund. He also explained to me that it was because of
this wealth that he was poisoned by his business
associates, That I should seek for a foreign partner
who will assist me in any country of my choice where I
will transfer this money and use it for investment
purpose such as real estate management or hotel
management. I am honourably seeking your assistance in
the following ways:


1) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only
22years old
2) To make arrangement for me to come over to your
country to further my education and to secure a
resident permit for me in your country.
Moreover, I am willing to offer you 20% of the total
sum as compensation for your effort/input after the
successful transfer of this fund into your nominated
account overseas . If you indicate your interest
towards assisting me as I believe that this
transaction would be concluded within fourteen (14)
days the official application is submitted to the bank
as my lawyer who keep all the documents will take
charge of the transaction.
I am 22 years this January, That is why I am starting
on this move because my father gave an instruction to
the lawyer that the documents will not be handed over
to me until I turned 22years. Presently, I am living
with one of my family members (uncle) who is
maltreating me badly. He believed that my father left
me huge sum of money somewhere and I wanted me to
release it to him , as a result of that, he is
treating me so badly that he even refused to sponsor
me to university after I graduated from secondary
school two years ago. He is not aware of this deposit
though he is suspecting that my father must have left
some big money for me. They have sold my all my
father’s property they laid hands on. Because of the
agony I am going through from my uncle, I have decided
not to wait for any more time in setting my safe free
before they kill me. Please if you can help me out of
this situation I will highly appreciate as it is
matter of life and death. You will be every thing I
have, Mother/father.


Anticipating to hear from you soon.
Please do respnd to me through my secured private
email: dianabukarr@myway.com,dianabukar@myway.com
Thanks.
Best regards,
Miss Diana Bukar

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