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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: faith_bambaa011@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:45:24 +0800 (CST)
Subject: please i need your assistance


Dear respected one,


I just came across your e-mail and I decided to request for your confidential assistance,please I have a problem which I needed a help from you,I have decided to write you for help. I have a proposal for you-this however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour against your will.I am in a state of delinma and your profile pushed me to send you this mail,. My name is Miss Faith Bambaa I am writing you from Cote D'ivoire. I am 23years old and single.

Though I have not met with you before but I believe, one has to risk confiding in succeed sometimes in life. There is this huge amount of Six million five Hundred thusand U.S dollars ($6,500.000) which my late Father kept with a Fiduciary Fund Holder in Abidjan before his death. This fund was kept in this organisation bacause of the crisis here and it is safe. My late father was a businessman but the only problem is that he was into Ivorian politics.

Now I have decided to invest this money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and political reasons. I want you to help assist me so that we retrieve these fund from the Fiduciary Fund Holders and transfer it into your personal account in your country for investment. You can decide which lucrative area you will invest the fund. Can I trust you to keep this fund safe when it gets to you?

If you can be of an assistance to me I will be pleased to offer to you 15% Of the total fund. I await your soonest response. Please send your telephone number when responding. Please write me on my priavet box at faith_bambaa03@yahoo.cn i am sorry i fail to put my pices i will do so when hearing from you
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Miss Faith Bambaa


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