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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: pamela diomande <shamita.dahman@gmail.com>
Reply-To: pamela_diomande@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:17:48 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: hiiiii


Dear Good Friend

I
contacted you,after so many prayers and fasting towards your profile.I
choosed you as a good & honest person,whom i can confide all my
trust with,in this urgent business transaction.

Let
me firstly introduce myself, My name is Pamela Diomande,from
Coted'Ivoire. The only child of late Mr Chedrick Diomande . My mother died
when i was a kid and My late father is the owner of J&T Cocoa
Industries. But my father died recently and he was poisoned by his
brother and before his sudden death,He called me privately and told me
of huge amount of money ( us$6,500,000.00. ) Which he deposited in a
BANK,here in my country and used my name as the next of kin,as her only
child.

Now,i am Orphan of mother and father and I want you
to help me out, in providing a bank account,where this total funds,
(us$6,500,000.00.) Six Million five Hundred Thousand United State
Dollars, which my late father deposited in the bank with my name as the
next of kin,will be transferred into,over there in your country,for my
investment purposes in your country with you. Also you will advice me on
a good and profitable investment,which i can set-up in your
country,after the successful transfer.
 
Please, i am honorably soliciting for your kind and urgent assistance in the following ways:
1) To provide a bank account where this money will be transferred into.
2) To serve
as the guardian of these fund ,since i am 20 years old.
3)To
make arrangement for me in your country to continue my educational
career and to procure to me a residential permit in your country. 
 
Sincerely
speaking from my heart, i am willing to offer you 15% of this my total
funds, as a reward for your assistance in helping me out. Not only
this,you will also be my oversea guardian and take care of all the
companies or any business
venture,which i will set-up in your country.
 
Anyway,urgently
reply me right now, for more details about me and about this my total
funds i wants to transfer into your bank account , if you are really
ready and interested to help me out in this assistance. I am eagerly
waiting to hear from you now.
 
Infact,
i am seriously fasting and praying now, before writing you this letter,
because, this money here is what is left for me and my life.I prayed
you understand, because if anything happened to it, i will beg for the
rest of my life.

Thanks for
your assistance and take care and also may God bless you as you help me out.

Your new good friend,
 Pamela Diomand

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