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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: Babara Fatoum <babara_fatoum@outlook.fr>
Reply-To: Babara Fatoum <babara.fatoum@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2017 06:27:07 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Greetings to you Beloved One,

Greetings to you Beloved One,

I am Ms.babara fatoum, from Cote
D’ivoire, It's my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I
intend to establish in your country, Please accept my apologies for the
inconveniences of any sort this Mail May cost you.

Though I have not met with you before but I believe one has to risk, confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life.

Indeed,
There is this huge amount of money
(7,100,000.00)United State Dollars which I inherit from my late father
before he was assassinated by rebel force of the Government of our
country on his returning from a business trip from
Netherlands.

Now I decided to invest this money in your country
or any where safe enough outside Country for security purposes I want
you to help me transfer this fund into your country
for investment purposes also some part of this money will be use for
the help of charity and widow's in your area. If you can be of
assistance to me I will be pleased to offer you 20% of the total fund.

When i will hear from you, then I will give you more information about this transaction in my next email.

thanks and may God almighty bless you
Extend my warmest regards to your family
I await your soonest response.
Sincerely Yours
Miss.babara fatoum,

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