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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 Teliat Bakre" <abidjan01@biz.by>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 14:48:05 +0100
Subject: From :Miss Teliat Bakre


From :Miss Teliat Bakre
Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire
Email :missteliatbakre@yah.co.uk
teliatbbb@hotmail.com
Dear lovely one,
Good day, Please,i want someone like you to help me out after i had pray and
fast then believes that you are a good person and that i can stay with you
for the rest of my life ,am 22 years old lady, My late dad is a wealthy and
successful business man before he died, My mum died when i was a baby, am
the only child in the family. Before the death of my dad, he called me
secretly in the private hospital where he was admitted and inform me to run
away from his house because of his blood brother, who is my uncle. It was on
that day, my dad reveilled to me that, it was his brother who poisoned him
to this level . Inshort,he seriously warn me to keep this money secretly
because he know that, it was because of all his wealth and properties, his
brother decided to kill him so that he can inherit all this properties as i
am a girl . My dad disclose to me that traditionally,i don't suppose to get
any of his properties because i am a girl . He said soonest,i am going to
marry to another family but due to his brother wickedness and greedy,he did
not disclose to him about this money (US$10.5 million) in the bank and he
seriously advise me to transfer this total money to oversea account for my
investment,where i will start my new life and finish my education . Because
of this reason, i am soliciting your assistance for the claim and transfer
to your bank account for the business. Honestly speaking , i am ready to
give you 15% of this total money for your assistance and with extral 5% for
your expenses on phone call, please u reply me now if really serious to
help me out so that i can tell you more about my intention. Anyway,you can
not understand anything now because it is a long story but please and please
for God sake, reply me so that i can tell you more about myself and the
transfer.
Best Regards,
Teliat Bakre

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