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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: "ben bomu" <ben_bomu0@latinmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 20:08:36 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL


GREETINGS,



FORM: BEN BOMU,



PLEASE BEAR WITH ME FOR THIS PRE-INTRODUCTION TO A PROMPT DEAL. IT IS A DEAL THAT IS MEANT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING ASSIST IN GOOD FAITH AND SHOULD BE TREATED SWIFTLY.



WHAT I HAVE MAY BE OF INTEREST TO YOU. IT IS A BUSINESS PROPOSAL THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO YOU AND ME. I LIVE IN COTE D'IVOIRE. I AM 46 YEARS OLD AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING IN A BANK IN Abidjan FOR THE PAST 17 YEARS WHERE I AM PRESENTLY AN ACCOUNTS MANAGER. I WILL GIVE YOU MY FULL DETAILS ON YOUR REPLY TO THIS LETTER.



MY AIM OF CONTACTING YOU IS TO SOLICIT YOUR CO-OPERATION AND ASSISTANCE BASED ON ONE OF THE ACCOUNTS UNDER MY MANAGEMENT CONTAINING 18.5MILLION POUNDS (EIGHTEEN MILLION & FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS) WHICH HAS REMAINED DORMANT FOR THE LAST THIRTEEN YEARS.



THIS ACCOUNT WAS OWNED BY THE LATE MRS. JOVITA JASMINE CARERRA AND FOLLOWING MY INVESTIGATION, I FOUND OUT THAT SHE DIED ON MAY 1992 VIA A CAR CRASH IN THE Abidjan AND SHE LEFT NO CHILDREN OR NEXT OF KIN. I WILL INFORM YOU MORE ON HOW WE CAN GET THE MONEY IN HER ACCOUNT TRANSFERED INTO

YOUR ACCOUNT IN TRUST AND IN GOOD FAITH IF YOU AGREE TO CO-OPERATE WITH ME ON THIS ON YOUR REPLY TO THIS MAIL.



I WILL ALSO GIVE YOU MORE PERSONAL DETAILS OF MYSELF AND MORE INFORMATION ON THE TRANSACTION IMMEDIATLY AFTER YOUR REPLY.



PLEASE TREAT THIS AS CONFIDENTIAL, URGENT AND OF UTMOST IMPORTANT.

YOU CAN CALL ME ON MY NUMBER 225 08 73 59 53




Regards

ben bomu


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