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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:
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Ziba Mephi_Bosheth <ma_88888r@voila.fr>
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 10:42:54 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Thank you.
Dear,
How are you? I hope you are very fine with your family.This mail is for you,and this is a business transaction and i want to you to be a partner for this transaction.
I want this money to go into your account in your country $6.8 million usd. I have a mand which his name is this Mr.Konate Abou Hamed.i'm doing this transaction with him but i told him to leave politice when he want to enter politice he refused and this man from Cote Ivoire which now fail into a victim of Gbagbo the president of Cote Ivoire and he has been killed by Gbogbo along the line.
This money $6.8 million usd is in the Bank Of Africa (BOA) now i want to let you know that all the necessary documents required by the BOA has been submited to the bank. So i stoped the transfer into his account because as i heard that he has been killed and i don't want this money to be transfer into his account any longer because i working in the same bank (BOA).
Therefore, if you are interested in this mail then you have to research your self very well if you are capable to handle this transaction and get back to me because it will cost a little expences and you will bear for the expences.
The expences stand on this,you have to get a lawyer here who have to do the change of ownership in your name and to sign the release order from the bank. Please this is secrete between you and i, and if you are interested you have to get back to me immediately so that i will tell you what to do.Thank you.Mr Ziba Mephi-Bosheth
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