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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: Bernard Akuna <bevakuna13@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <beakuna@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:07:01 +0000
Subject: INVESTMENT ENQUIRY



Bernard & Evelyn Akuna
Koumassi, Abidjan.
Dear Sir,
There is a sizeable fund we want invested overseas. I and my younger sister are living in Ivory Coast, a West African country, and the money in question is an inheritance left for us by our late father, who was a Diamond dealer before his death. We escaped with our father from Liberia to this country after our mother died in the Liberian civil war. Our father also got killed by rebels who were then fighting the Ivorian Government in the northern city of Bouake while he was away on business. This was a very sad moment for us having escaped war in our country to loose our father in the war in another country. We are hoping you are in a good position to help us in the transfer and proper investment of this money in your country.

Please for security reasons, I cannot disclose much information to you now until you have assured us that we can trust you to receive and invest the money for us. My sister and I are currently living in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, but we will like to relocate to your country because our condition here is not good. We need to continue our education, while you invest and manage the money on our behalf.
We hope to receive your reply to the above request as soon as you read this email.

Thanks.
Bernard Akuna.
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