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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: "Mrs.Bakara Wachiri" <bakwach2020@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bakarawach2021@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 18:03:04 +0000
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU?

Dear Friend,




My Name is Mrs.Bakara Wachiri from Syria. The message you are about to
read is a pleasant surprise. I know you will also wonder how I found
you and choose you for this great service. I have being searching
through public records until my instinct firmly settled on you that
you can be trusted to execute and accomplish the objective bellow. I
understand that if i should find someone capable of doing this then I
must search deeply and pray hard.



Firstly, I am married to Mr Fara Wachiri.A gold merchant who owns a
small gold Mine in Burkina Faso. We were married for Eleven years
without a child. And he died of Cardiovascular Disease before the
uprising in Syria began in mid-March 2011. During his life time he
deposited the sum of US$ 7.2m (Seven million two hundred thousand
dollars) in a bank in Ouagadougou the capital city of Burkina Faso in
West Africa. Presently this money is still in the bank without claim.
He made the money from gold exportation around the world.




At the time of his illness, I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
The one thing that disturbs me mostly is my stroke illness. My doctor
confidentially told me i have less chance to live. Having known my
condition, I decided to contact you to claim the fund and act as an
executor of my will since none of my husband’s relation or mine is
alive. They were killed during the war in my country Syria when they
were fleeing from the country to Jordan. If you agree to be the
executor of my will and claim the fund then you will utilize this
money the way I am going to instruct you…………




You will take 30 % Percent of the total money While 70% of the money
will go to charity and the orphanage homes. I will provide to you
names and contact information of charity organizations and orphanage
homes to receive the donation. If this money remains unclaimed after
my death, the bank executives or the government will take the money as
unclaimed fund and maybe Use it for selfish and worthless ventures.




As soon as I receive your response I shall give to you the contact of
the bank in Burkina Faso for the claim. I will also provide to you a
copy of the existence of the fund and a letter of authorization to
legally transfer the fund to you as the executor of my will.
Significantly, if you assure me that you will act accordingly as I
stated above.



I may not write regularly as expected since I write to you by the
assistance of a nurse in the hospital. Note that this task requires
urgent action. Kindly reply me through bakarawach2021@gmail.com


Yours hopefully,



Mrs.Bakara Wachiri.

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