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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: Mariam Boni <mariam_boni@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: mariam.boni@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 08:54:18 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Hello


Mrs Mariam Boni

Lot 104, Jacques Avenue,

02 B.P. 3696 Cocody,

Abidjan -Ivory Coast



Dear Beloved in Christ



Greeting in the name of our lord Jesus Christ; I am Mrs Mariam Boni, I am married to Late Mr. Boni Coulibally from Ivory Coast who died on November 25 2010. My late Husband was a Finance Director in Ministry of works and Housing before his retirement from service, after his retirement we went into Real Estates Business also God was blessings the works of our hands in abundances. We were married for years without a child due to my illness fibroid. Since my husbands death I have been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer that I hardly move around. Recently, my Doctor told me that I would

not last on live for long period because the cancer has gotten to a very bad stage. When my husband was alive he made a deposit of (4.5 Million USD) Four Million and Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars and made me next of kin to the funds, hoping to use the money for another viable and lucrative business before he met his death.



Knowing my conditions for now, I have decided to donate this money or created a foundations for charity home to carter for less privilege people any where in the world, I have made up my mind to transfer this money to a trusts worthy or realisable person who will stand as trustee to the said funds in questioned and the person will go into understanding agreement and i will compensate the person with 20% of the total sum. I want you to use at least 80% of this money to help the orphanage homes, cancer victims.



I took this decision because I can't take this money to the grave, I don't have any child that will inherit this money, again I and my late husband vowed to use our last wealth to help the less privileged, since we have no child, our relatives are wicked and selfish, they tried to frustrate our Christian life and our marriage that make me i do not trust anybody in the family, I am very sick and a childless woman. Beloved I don't need telephone communications because of my health conditions, but i have a mandated family attorney, whom i will introduced to you here that will be of help to you for following up the matters between me and you and the bank where the money was deposit. Please reply me through my Email below for me to give you proof documents and further details.



I am waiting for your soonest response. Thanking you in advance and God Bless.



Mrs. Mariam Boni

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