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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: "SANDRA BAMBA" <sandrabamba151@latinmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 17:38:09 +0100 (CET)
Subject: FROM MISS SANDRA BAMBA


FROM MISS SANDRA BAMBA
IVORY COAST ABIDJAN
=20
DEAREST ONE.
=20
I AM MISS SANDRA BAMBA FROM IVORY COAST AND I AM CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE=
I NEED YOUR HELP IN THE MANAGEMENT OF A SUM OF MONEY THAT MY DEAD FATH=
ER LEFT FOR ME BEFORE HE DIED. THIS MONEY IS USD 6.5 MILLION AMERICAN D=
OLLARS AND THE MONEY IS IN A BANK HERE IN ABIDJAN THE CAPITAL CITY.
=20
MY FATHER WAS A VERY RICH COCOA FARMER AND HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSIN=
ESS COLLEAGUES AND NOW I WANT YOU TO STAND AS MY GUARDIAN AND APPOINTED=
BENEFICIARY AND RECEIVE THE MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY SINCE I AM ONLY 19 Y=
EARS AND WITHOUT MOTHER OR FATHER.
=20
PLEASE I WILL LIKE YOU TO REPLY THIS EMAIL SO THAT I WILL TELL YOU ALL=
THE INFORMATION SO THAT THIS MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO YOU SO THAT =
YOU WILL GET ME PAPERS TO TRAVEL TO YOUR COUNTRY TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATI=
ON THERE, AND I WILL CALL YOU AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM. YOU.=20
=20
THANKS.
MISS SANDRA BAMBA

La carrera hacia la Casa Blanca, a un click de distancia http://www.sta=
rmedia.com/noticias/especiales/gobiernousa.html

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