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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: "Mr Eric Dieudonne Kabore." <mr.ericdieudonnekabore1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.ericdieudonnekabore@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2020 08:27:03 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Big deal for you Today.




Dear Sir/Madam;

I am contacting you following my desire to go into an investment
 transaction with you, my name is Mr Eric Dieudonne Kabore, I am a close
confident to some military personnel from Neighboring who deserted the
Army following a political problem in that Countryand have been seeking
refuge here in Ghana.

These my contacts are in possession of some huge amounts of funds which
theyare desirous of moving and investing outside Africa under your care
andmanagement if you can help identify some viable investment portfolios
 andwill let you know the real amount when you i got your response.

As a close contact they confided in me seeking for assistance to look
forsomeone they can entrust the funds for management outside the African
continentwhere political and economic condition is stable.

Kindly contact me should this be of an interest to you for more details,
sotogether we can rub minds to achieve their desired goals.

I look forward to a positive response from you

Yours Truly

Mr Eric Dieudonne Kabore.

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