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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: linda.k.elo@jyu.fi
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:31:05 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: Greetings,

Greetings ,
 
I am Mr.Rimpong Bume , Auditor with a local bank here in Lome Togo . I
decided to contact you you directly to solicit your Assistance and
Cooperation in making a business investment and transfer to your country
through you.
 
In my department Discovered an Abandoned me a sum of $ 9.5 Million U.S.
Dollars ( Nine Million Five Hundred thousand Dollars ) in an account That
Belong to One of our foreign customers based on their Late Engineer.Daniel
Nikolay , a late Ken Foreigner here unfortunately lost at his life is a
TAM airlines commercial jet crashed in Sao Paulo , Tuesday , July 17, 2007
, the plane wakes burst into flames on skidding off a runway and barreling
across a busy highway and all 176 people on board were feared dead in what
'll be the Brazil 's deadliest air disaster . Before at his sudden death
was an investors and fund manager Responsible for millions of dollars of
investors ' money here in Lome Republic of Togo .
 
You can order read more about the crash by visiting this site I got wakes
During my investigation " , Please try to go through the sites .
 

 
But at this moment, I am restrained Thurs issue more details about this
profitable Business investment UNTIL I get your response by mail . Kindly
reply this mail if you are interested , I will Give you the full details
of the business as soon as I Receive a positive reply Indicating your
interest in participating in this project. Your Percentage is secured.To
Rather facilitate a safer link with you , please forward to me the
followings to my prevate email address below this mail .
rimpongbume001@aim.com )
1). Full Names and Address
2). Telephone , Fax and Cell phone numbers .
3). Occupation .
4). Age.
 
This project is ready for execution as soon as I hear from you.I look
forward to your swift response.I 'd appreciate if you send your next
réponse to my private email account , rimpongbume001 @ aim.com
 
Regards .
Mr.Rimpong Bume



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