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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: "Lehma BILA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lehmabila01@ovi.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 11:00:37 +0100
Subject: Attn: My Dear

Attn: My Dear,

With warm heart I offer my friendship, and greetings, and I hope this mail meets you in good time.
However strange or surprising this contact might seem to you as we have not met personally or had any dealings in the past, I humbly ask that you take due consideration of its importance and immense benefit. I duly apologize for infringing on your privacy; if this contact is not acceptable to you First and foremost I wish to introduce my self properly to you. I am Dr. Lehma BILA, Accountant officer, Bank of Africa Ghana , Nevertheless, as Accountant officer , I handle all our investors Direct Capital Funds and secretly extracted 3.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annum on each of investor's Magellan Capital Funds. As an expert, I have made over 7.8million Dollars from the investor's EMRCP and hereby looking for some one to trust who can stand as an investor to receive the funds as annual Investment Proceeds from Bank of Africa.


Meanwhile, I have worked out the strategic and technicalities where the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 clearing houses without any hitch. Our sharing ratio will be 55-40 while 5% will be for expenses during the process of transaction. If you are interested in handling this life changing and promising transaction of mine, please reply via this email address below and as well email me your direct telephone number for discussion of this deal in further details.

Sincerely,


Lehma BILA

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