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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: Bele Watson <belewatson@borda.ru>
Reply-To: Bele Watson <belewatson1@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2016 05:54:07 +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 Ms. Belen Watson, 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's next of kin to this fund and your father or relative 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,
deo not make undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed on you, and
I assure you that we shall achieve it successfully.

Best regards,

Mrs. Belen Watson,

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