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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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Fraud email example:

From: bundu rose <rosyomarbundu29@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <rose_omarbundu4@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 12:17:23 +0000
Subject: Greetings Dear



11,Bluestem Road,Ransomes Park, Ipswich, IP3 9RR.United KingdomTel: +44 703 186 1367Reply To: rose_omarbundu4@yahoo.fr


Greetings Dear
Please kindly permit me to introduce my self, i am Madam Rose Bundu married to late Mr Omar Bundu Kamara who died last two months on his vist to Ivory Coast (Africa)our native home.We are both nationals of Ivory Coast but leave in UNITED KINGDOM. We are married for eleven years but had no children. I have been suffering from cancer which according to Doctors has digonized and informed me that my faith of surviving in the near future hangs on a balance. Having been told this by the doctors and knowing to wel that we have no child that will inherit our estate (fortune),i decided rather to make donation of our deposited £3.800.000 (THREE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED POUNDS ) with the standard bank of london inherited from my late to the charity and other social/humanitarian organisations as my token good will and contribution to helping the needy, the poor and the less privilaged in the sociaty. I need a person or an organisation that can sincerely and in good faith get this funds disbursed for charity and humanitarian work on my behalf; if you promise to have this noble service rendered on my behalf as my appointed and chosen trustee , then you can have me contacted as soon as possible so that i can prepare and forward to you an authorization letter which will give you every legal power as my chosen trustee to have this fund received , managed and disbursed accordingly to the charity and social / humanitarian service .
SincerelyMadam Rose Omar Bundu Kamara
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