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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, 11 Nov 2008 16:47:50 +0200
Subject: hi



Dearest Beloved,

Please read this mail message gently and try to absorb the content therein
as this is not one of any such mail you read but i have prayed and fasted
irrespective to my present predicament believing God that i shall meet the
right person that will be sincere,faithful and God fearing.

My name is Mrs. Joceline Bouku , I am married to late Mr. Stanley Bouku who
was a cocoa merchant and died as a result of the war in my country. We were
married for twenty two years without a child. He died after a brief illness
that lasted for only four days in the huspital. Since his death I decided
not to remarry but to be of help to the Orphanage and motherless babies.

When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of eight Million five
hundred united states dollars 8,5000,000.00USD in a Commercial Bank here in
Abidjan COTE D'IVOIRE. Recently, I was confirmed to be suffering from
Cancer and the Doctors informed me that I will not last for the next nine
months.

However I decided to donate this fund to Charity varying from
church,mission,the Orphanage and motherless babies home, organization or
good person that will utilize this money to help the poor.

Please, contact me as soon as you receive this message if you will be able
to handle this project by assuring me of your willingness and capabilities
as well as your sincerity and not capitalizing on my present health
Condition to betray me.

I await to hear from you in due course with your telephone number and
contact address for properly update regarding this project.

Thank you and God bless

Mrs. Joceline Bouku


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