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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)
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:16:04 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Please,
_i_need_to_talk_to_you_because_i_need_your_assistance_and_guidance?=


.Hello Sir/Madam,
With Due Respect. I got your email via yahoo friends in my search for assistance regarding my family predicaments. I want you to know that this mail is from my heart the lord bears my witness.
I'm Miss Sandra Bambam Boka from Ivory Coast. I am contacting you because I need your assistance in the management's investment of a sum of money that my late father Mr. Bambam Boka left for me before he died. This money is total (USD 6.5 million American Dollars) deposited with a bank in Abidjan before he further deposited the fund in the vault of a Security company in London, as been owned by his foreign business partner (Open Beneficiary) of which the Beneficiary will be identified with the deposit reference and transaction code and my confirmation as the only daughter of the decease.
My father was a very rich cocoa farmer back home in Abidjan; he was poisoned by his business colleagues of which they are trying to influence me when i came back from South Africa immediately he died. I want you to stand as my guardian and appointed beneficiary of the fund deposited by my father and receive the money in your country since I am only 19 years now an orphaned alone.
Please, I will like you to reply to this email so that I will tell you all the information regarding the fund and the payment slip before the fund was further transfer to UK ,so that this money will be transferred to your account before making traveling to join you in your country to continue my education and get life partners who will be like a brother ,father and a husband to me.

Below are the information needed from you.

1. Your name:

2. Home address:

3. Telephone/fax:

4. Occupation:

5.Age:
I am waiting for your urgent reply through this mail email address: (sandrabambam4me@yahoo.com)
Remain Blessed.
miss sandra bambam


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