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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: "George Boka" (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 16:57:30 -0000
Subject: From Mr George Boka

>From Mr George Boka

Good day

It is true that we do not know each other in person but please bear in mind that this mail and the classified information contained therein that I am about to share with you can either destroy me, ruin my professional career or make me depending on how you receive and take it.Please, I need you to read it attentively to know the reason and purpose why you received this mail from me but before I go further I will like to introduce myself to you.

I am Mr. George Boka, a Fund Manager with a reliable bank here in Cote d'Ivoire and I handle all our Investor's capital Project Funds which enabled me to divert 1.2 Percent Investors Excess Return Capital Funds to our Magellan Trust Funds Account whereby anyone like you can be presented to claim the funds. On this note, the total sum of $5.7 Million Dollars (Five million seven hundred thousand united states of America Dollars) has been diverted representing the 1.2 Percent Excess Return Capital Funds from the Investor Capital Project Funds for 2005/2006. I need a reliable and trustworthy person that can work this deal out with me so that we can claim the funds as mentioned above. There is no risk attached and the funds in question can never be detected or traced. Our sharing ratio is 60:40. (60 for me 40 for you) If you are interested, please reply and send your direct telephone numbers to me for a smooth discussion of this transaction in
comprehensive details.

But if you are not interested or see this mail as a scam or hoax simply delete it and forget I ever contacted you. If after 72 hours I didn't hear from you I will assume you are not interested, and then I will proceed to look for someone else that might be interested to work with me. This is a clean and straight forward bank deal, it is safe and risk-free, as I have taken care of all necessary steps to ensure a hitch-free movement. You can reach me through my private email account:
geboka@cantv.net


Sincerely,
Mr George Boka

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