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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: "Dr. Rita Babam" <"WWW."@basil.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Dr. Rita Babam" <ritababam@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 01:23:29 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Bank Of Africa

Bank Of Africa
Avenue Jean-Paul II -
08 BP 0879 - Cotonou - Bénin


Greetings,


Am Dr.Rita Babam, director cash processing unit, Bank Of Africa (BOA) the only bank appointed by the A.U. Members lead by President Patrice Talon Because of the frauds going on in West Africa countries. The above Africa union held meeting in Benin and resolve to pay all beneficiaries in Wire Transfer through
means of Online banking Transfer services and We receive your files from international monetary fund (I.M.F.) as one of the beneficiaries.

I want you to bear it in mind that your total fund will be Three million five hundred thousand United States Dollars ($3,500,000.00) If anybody tells you that he is paying you in bank draft or cash delivery both western union and money
gram, do not listen to him or her because due to this frauds activities in Africa no cash delivery anymore Rather we are instructed to use Transfer remittance Method.We also received a security report that you paid the fraudsters
who have been deceiving you, telling you that they are going to send this money to you.


Dear as a senior banker, controlling this Transfer payment now, I advise you not to waste your money by paying anybody in advance again except any instruction we give to you, and if you just follow my instruction, you will receive your money in three days time and I will send you more mails to give you
more information for you to know the genuineness of this transaction.


Therefore, do forward:

1:Your Full Names,
2:Home Address,
3:Nationality,
4:Country,
5:Occupation,
6:Age,
7:Gender,
8:Marital Status,
9:Private Email Address and
10:Direct Phone Number to this E-Mail( rita.babam@yahoo.com)

All the documents will be sent to you if I am assured that you have stopped sending money to those fraudsters.

Am waiting to hear from you with the required information of yours.

Yours in Service,
Dr.Rita Babam,
Director cash processing unit
Bank Of Africa. (B.O.A).

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