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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: sandrine bakuba <sandrine_bakuba18@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:16:14 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: RE : RE:RE: {Spam?} PRIVATE MESSAGE


Dear
How are you? I hope you are fine conferm to me if you did recieved the document I sent to you and let me know what you think and your willingness to help me thanbk you
Sandrine

:

Dear correspondent,

Your email is much extraordinary.

The mail which I just received from you sounds just a little linked to some correspondence which is pretty private. Where did you learn my information?

At the moment I am now in a tricky quandary at the place where I work and sometimes I can be very wrapped up about other affairs but I have been going over your letter and I am unassured that I comprehend it all wholly.

Can you please respond? I look forward to reading something accommodating from you.

Mr Kortzer




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Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Dear Mr Kortzer
with due respect and humanity I want to thank you for your mail and th=
e questions. the mail I sent to you is the true ordeal of my life every =
content of the mail I sent to you is open for your verification if its po=
ssible I would have asked you to come and see and verify things your self=
but as it stand as we gradually get to know each other and build trust i=
n regards to the fund in the metalic trunk box. I want you to know that t=
here is no risk attarched to the mail I sent to you.also am not a prankst=
ar the word spam has nothing to do with the mail I sent to you.
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Dear Mr Kortzer before the death of my late father he deposited the met=
alic trunk box containing the fund in a security company and tag the box =
as to have contains family valuables instead of money and he handed over =
to me the certificate of deposit which bears forighn partner as the bene=
ficairy which am going to send to you as I earlia told you in my forst ma=
il I want you to stand as my guidian and beneficiary. I want you to assur=
e me that you will help me plan for an investment with the fund as a kid=
I dont have any experiance in the business world I want you handle the f=
und in any business of your choice help me relocate from here over to you=
r country so that while you invest the fund I will further my education i=
n your country.I have attarched my photo please send your photo to me as=
you reply back I will send to you the document and informations. thank y=
ou
my sincere regards
Sandrine=20
=20
Hallo

The email you sent me is not a little bewildering.

To be honest I am surprised. Your message which you transmitted to me sou=
nds a little bit linked to a situation which is quite personal. Are you a=
prankster?

Often I can be quite oblivious about affairs at the family but I would l=
ike to be frank. I have expended a long duration going over your mail and=
I am still nervous that I understand everything absolutely.

I will wait for your response.

Mr Kortzer


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Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Dear Mr Kortzer
with due respect and humanity I want to=
thank you for your mail and the questions. the mail I sent to you is the=
true ordeal of my life every content of the mail I sent to you is open =
for your verification if its possible I would have asked you to come and =
see and verify things your self but as it stand as we gradually get to kn=
ow each other and build trust in regards to the fund in the metalic trunk=
box. I want you to know that there is no risk attarched to the mail I se=
nt to you.also am not a prankstar the word spam has nothing to do w=
ith the mail I sent to you.

Dear Mr Kortze=
r before the death of my late father he deposited the metalic trunk box c=
ontaining the fund in a security company and tag the box as to have conta=
ins family valuables instead of money and he handed over to me the certif=
icate of deposit which bears forighn partner as the beneficairy whi=
ch am going to send to you as I earlia
told you in my forst mail I want you to stand as my guidian and benefici=
ary. I want you to assure me that you will help me plan for an inve=
stment with the fund as a kid I dont have any experiance in the busi=
ness world I want you handle the fund in any business of your choice=
help me relocate from here over to your country so that while you invest=
the fund I will further my education in your country.I have attarch=
ed my photo please send your photo to me as you reply back I w=
ill send to you the document and informations. thank you
my s=
incere regards
Sandrine

=
Hallo

The email you sent me is not a little bewildering.

T=
o be honest I am surprised. Your message which you transmitted to me soun=
ds a little bit linked to a situation which is quite personal. Are you a =
prankster?

Often I can be quite oblivious about affairs at the fa=
mily but I would like to be frank. I
have expended a long duration going over your mail and I am still nervou=
s that I understand everything absolutely.

I will wait for your re=
sponse.

Mr Kortzer

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