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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: Diana Batista <dianabatista25@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 12:17:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PLEASE MY DEAR I NEED YOUR HELP.




My Dearest,

 

  I am writing this mail to you With due respect trust and humanity, i
appeal to you to exercise a little patience and read through my letter i
feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business , honestly i
am writing this email to you with pains, tears and sorrow from my
heart, i will really like to have a good relationship with you and i
have a special reason why i decided to contact you, i decided to contact
you due to the urgency of my situation,

 

My name is Miss Diana Batista Tagme Na Waie a 25 years old female from
the Republic of Guinea Bissau, the daughter of Late General Batista
Tagme Na Waie. My late father was the chief of staff of the army of
Guinea-Bissau. On March 1, 2009, My late father was killed in a bomb
attack when the military's headquarters were attacked. What led to the
cold blood killing is still unclear but I know that my father life was
the target. You can read more about my father in the bbc link below.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/ tol/news/world/africa/ article5829228.ece

 

I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment which I am
receiving from my step mother. She planned to take away all my late
father's treasury and properties from me since the unexpected death of
my beloved Father. Meanwhile I wanted to travel away but she hide away
my international passport and other valuable documents. Luckily she did
not discover where I kept my father's File which contained important
documents. Now I am presently staying in the refugee camp Mission here
in Burkina Faso. I am seeking for long term relationship and investment
assistance. My Father of blessed memory deposited the sum of US$ 9.4 USD
Million in one bank in Burkina Faso with my name as the next of kin.

 

I had contacted the Bank to clear the deposit but the Branch Manager
told me that being a refugee, my status and according to the law does
not authorize me to carry out the operation and again according to the
instruction my late Father pass to them that i most present a foreign
partner who will stand on my behalf as a trustee. However, he advised me
to provide a trustee who will stand on my behalf.

 

Therefore, I decide to seek for your help in transferring the money into
your bank account while I will relocate to your country and settle down
with you and complete my studies while you will help me and invest the
fund. As you indicated your interest to help me I will give you the
account number and the contact of the bank where my late beloved father
deposited the money with my name as the next of kin. It is my intention
to compensate you with 40% of the total money for your assistance and
the balance shall be my investment in any profitable venture which you
will recommend to me as have no any idea about foreign investment.
Please all communications should be through this email address only for
confidential purposes.

 

Thanking you a lot in anticipation of your quick response. I will give
you details in my next mail after receiving your acceptance mail to help
me.

 

Yours sincerely,

Diana Batista Tagme

 







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