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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:
Date:
Subject: A CALL FOR INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP

A CALL FOR INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP
>From Miss.Janet Bamford
Abidjan Cote d'ivoire
West Africa

Dearest One,
I am writting this letter with due respect and heartful of tears since we have not known or met ourselves previously. I am asking for your assistance after I have gone through a profile that speaks good of you in the internet.I will be so glad if you can allow and lead me to the right channel towards your assistance to my situation now.

It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to establish in your country. Though I have not met with you before but I believe, one has to risk confiding in succeed sometimes in life. There is this huge amount of ten million five Hundred thusand U.S dollars($10,500.000) which my late Father, Dr,Robert Bamford kept with a Fiduciary Fund Holder Here in Abidjan Before His Death Last Year,

Now I have decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and political reasons.I want you to help assist me claim and retrieve these fund from the Fiduciary Fund Holders and transfer it into your personal account in your country If you can be of an assistance to me I will be pleased to offer to you 15% Of the total fund, for investment purposes on these areas:

1). Telecommunication
2). The Transport Industry
3). Five Star Hotel
4).Real Eastate

I await your soonest response.
Respectfully yours,
miss Janet Bamford

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