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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 Regina Carver <mrsreginacarver@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 01:32:55 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam,


Dear Sir/Madam,

May I humbly
solicit your confidence in this
transaction,  as being utterly confidential and top secret. But I am
assuring you that
you shall be very happy at the end of the day. I  decided to contact
you due to the urgency of this transaction, as I wish to repose my trust
and confidence on your discreteness and ability in transaction of this
nature. Let me start by introducing my
self properly to you,

my name is Regina Carver, I am the regional
Bank Manager of BOA Bank  Abidjan-Cote D' Ivoire. I came to know about
you in my Private Search for a reliable and reputable foreigner to
handle this Confidential Transaction.

As the regional Bank
Manager of BOA BANK; it is my duty to send  a financial report to my
head office at the end of each year. On the
course of the  2007  year report, We discovered  an excess profit of
Fifteen  Million Us Dollars , [ $ 15,000,000.00 ] which we have kept in 
SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary.

As an officer of the
bank I can not be directly connected to this Fund for Security Reasons,
that  is why I am contacting you for us to work together to get the
said  Fund  into your bank account for INVESTMENT in your Country.
The percentage Ratio  is thus: 40% for you  , 60 % for me  and my colleagues .

Note:
There are practically no risks involved in this transaction as it is
100% risk free and will be legally bonded, it will be bank to bank
transfer, all I need from you is to stand  as the original depositor of
this fund who made the deposit with Kumasi  branch so that my Head
office can order the transfer to your designated bank account. If you
accept this offer to work with me, if you
find this proposal suitable for you, kindly reply for full details .
 
I
will appreciate it very much, If this proposal is acceptable by you, do
not make undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed on you, and I
assure you that we shall achieve it successfully.

Best regards,

Regina Carver

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