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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: Roseline Nzete <Askat.Turkbaev@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
Reply-To: roselinenzete2015@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2015 08:30:25 +0000
Subject: RE; CAN YOU HANDLE THIS DEAL WITH NE?.



--
Hello,

Please Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your
personal ethic. By introduction, my Name is, ROSELINE NZETE. From,
Republic of Ivoiry Coast, in West Africa Region. I am working in a bank
as an Internal Auditor with the UBA BANK branch office here in my
country.

Please I sent you this message because, I need your emergency help,
supports and urgent assistance for transferring a huge and very long
abandoned deposited money in one of the bank account owned by a foreign
deceased customer. I would love to build up a solid business
relationship trust and foundation with you in time coming if you can be
able to help me in this business.

The amount is the of sum $ 9.5 Million USD. I would like the money to be
used for any good Profitable business investment in your country. I will
reward you with reasonable amount high Percentage if you are fully ready
and interested in this DEAL. This deal is 100% Risk free. It is Real,
Legal, Genuine, Transparent and Legitimate. Your response will determine
if we shall work together to achieve this goal or not.

And, your positive response shall lead to our success in this project if
really, you are honest and sincere. If you have any question to ask me
in any area you do not understand, you are free to ask. Their answers
will be given to you in my next message. If you are interested, reply
back for more detail procedures of the business on how it will be
executed here in our bank without any problem. You can call me on my
direct telephone number at: ( +22505199157 ).

Contact me on this E-Mail Address Id Account; rosenzet@foxmail.com

Best regards,

Roseline.

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