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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: "Bimbo Gulak" <bimbgulak@blumail.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:31:44 +0800
Subject: Re: before its too late



Hello Dear Beloved,
I am Mrs. Bimbo Gulak.Please my dear, do not feel embarrassed by my mail to you. I am the wife of late Sir. Francoise Gulak a prominent business man and pro-human right activist here in West Africa city of Cotonou, Republic of Benin before his untimely death in 2010.During my late husband's lifetime, he deposited the sum of USD25, 000 000.00 (Twenty Five Million Dollars) in one of the leading banks here and informed me concerning it. We intended to use this fund for charity and investment purposes for the up keeping/ future of our son, Jean Gulak who is currently 15 years of age.I returned back home with my son from France because of my situation and to secure his future before is too late.I am contacting you because I want you to help me in securing and investing this money for the future and education of (my son ) since I am incapable of doing so due to my deteriorating/ bad health situation occasioned by stroke and cancer which had lead to my doctors informing me that I might not last for more months. Presently, my situation has worsened that I am unable to eat through my mouth but through nose.I do not intend to leave this fund as my son is too young to handle it as desired by my late husband, also, my late husband`s relatives are not worthy to be trusted with this fund due to their wickedness towards my son and I since my condition deepened. I have discussed this issue with my son and have resolved to make available the total sum of the money for you to invest it in a good sector that will generate profit. I shall be expecting your reply- mail so that I will give you the contact of this bank and all the relevant documents and information to enable the concerned bank release this fund to you without difficulty.I will equally give you a power of attorney and a letter of confirmation so that you will not have any difficulty while undertaking this noble responsibility.I am too weak and tired right now my dear, as my son Jean is helping me write this letter to you. Thank you for your time. Regards,Mrs. Bimbo Gulak


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