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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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Fraud email example:

From: Caroline Bouma <boumacaroline@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 01:11:42 -0800 (PST)
Subject: HONEY THIS IS MY FULL LIFE STORY


Dearest Sweetheart,
       I am more than happy in your reply to my mail. How was your day?.
Mine is a little bit hot over here in Dakar Senegal. In this camp we are only allowed to go out unseeing  Rev Cliff  Peter Computer for the some time now Its just like one
staying in the prison and i hope by God's grace i will come out here soon.
I don't have any relatives now whom i can go to, all my relatives ran away in the middle of the war the only person i have now is Rev Cliff  Peter  who is the pastor of the (Christ The  king Churches) here in the camp he has been very nice to me since i came here but i am not living with him rather i am leaving
in the woman's hostel because the camp have two hostels one for men the other for women. The Pastors Tel number is (00221=764729866) if you call and tell him that you want to speak with me he will send for me in the hostel.
As a refugee here i don't have any right or privilege to any thing be it money or whatever because it is against the laws of this country. I want to go back to my studies because i only attended my first year as a law student before the
tragic incident that lead to my being in this situation now took place.
Please listen to this,i have my late father's statement of account and death certificate here with me which i will send to you latter, because when he was
alive he deposited some amount of money in a leading bank in Europe which he used my name as the next of kin, the amount in question is $6.7M(Six Million seven Hundred Thousand Dollars). So, i will like you to help me transfer this money to your account ) and from it you can send some money for me to get my traveling documents and air ticket to come over to meet with you. I kept this secret to people in the camp here the only person that knows about it now is you because i trust you that you will be of assistance to me.
So, in the light of above i will like you to keep it to  yourself and don't relate it to anyone for i am afraid of loosing my life and the money if people gets
to know about it. Remember i am giving you all this information due to
the trust i deposed on you.I like honest and understanding people, truthful and men of vision, truth and hardworking men. The money in question was made by
my late gather through his cocoa and political career and that is why i don't want anyone here to know about it until i travel out from here.
My favorite language is English but i speaks  French very little Meanwhile i will like you to call me like i said i have a lot to tell you.
Have a nice day and think about me.
Awaiting to hear from you soonest
Yours in love
thanks miss Caroline..



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