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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: "Miss Josephine Bockaire" <jose4bo@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: jose41bo@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 12:28:41 +0000
Subject: Miss Josephine Bockaire

Dear

It gives me pleasure to make your aquaintance and
wish to tell you all about me wish I would like you to do
too, I am originally from Sierra Leone and living currently
in senegal and my parents died during the war in my
country and my late father deposited money in a bank
which is $ 6.3 Million US Dollars and as a result of this
war I did not finish my education and which I want to finish
it any day things get better, I am staying in refugee camp
here in Dakar senegal i was helped by our church pastor
who I told about all my plight which made him to give me
access to internet, and I write through his computer .

Please my main aim of contacting you is to ask for your
help to claim this fund from the bank because according
to my age and refugee status I am not legible to apply for
claiming of this fund due to my under age , I am still 25 years
old and I did not want any body to know about this fund before
it was this week when I was thinking about the pains that
I am facing while having such amount in bank which i am the
next of kin ,I now decide to contact you and to confide in you
my secret with belief that you will help me get the money out
of the bank which I will compensate you. I am confiding in you
my secret with the strong faith that you will not betray me or
run away with the money once you claim it .

Please i want you to stand as my late father business
partner for claiming of the fund of which i will give you
power of attorney so as to enable you have right over the
deposited fund and also request for immediate transfer of the
fund into your bank account for an investment project in your
country.If you are willing and ready to assist me towards this
transaction,i promise to offer you 20% from the total fund
while 5% will be for any expenses you made during the transfer
process.As i told you before my main concern is to come over there
for the completing of my education while you will carry on with the
investment project as soon as the transaction is completed and the
total fund in question get into your position.

Please your fast response towards this transaction will be
very much welcome.at

jose4bo@yahoo.com

Thanks,

Miss Josephine Bockaire


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