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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: "souleymane tounkara" <tounkara39@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:49:07 +0000
Subject: BEST COMPLIMENTS OF THE DAY,


*Dear Sir , *
**
*I wish you best compliments of the season. I got your contact from a
reliabel source which described you as a honest and trust worthy person in
business . After considerabel thoughts, i decided to contact you immediately
for personal help. *
**
*I want you to assist me to take accross to europe. the total sum of
US$28millions dollars cash. for proper investments. this funds was given to
me by the faction heads , because of my position in the camp. to buy
military hard wares from UKRAINE .On reaching conakry republique of guinee i
decided to divert the funds for my personal use since the year 2000. *
**
*Now i want to import consumer goods into west african sub_region , buy
company shares and residential bulding in europe. you will retain 15% of the
total sum, while 5% will be set aside for expenditure. no involement of
local autthorities, strictlyconfidential between me and you only. *
**
**
*THANKS FOR YOUR CO- OPERATIONS.*
*BEST REGARDS *
*SOULEYMANE TOUKARA*

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