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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: Victor Bouabre <victorbouabre@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:02:20 +0800
Subject: VICTOR



Dear Friend

I am Victor Bouabre the son of Paul Antoine Bohoun Bouabre who died
January 10, 2012,My father was an Associate Professor of Economics in
the university, before appointed Minister of Economy , Finance and
later Minister of Planning and Development in governments,In September
2007, he was with a delegation accompanying our former president
Laurent Gbagbo to the General Assembly of the UN for its 62nd session.
I want to transfer this Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand US dollars
(US$9,500,000) left in a fixed/ suspense Account in one of the Prime
banks here in Abidjan by my late father.
I am looking for a God fearing person to help me. I want to transfer
this money and use it for investment purpose such as Real Estate
management.
I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways:-
1) To serve as a guardian.
2) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further
my education.
3) To help me invest the money in a profitable ventures.
I am 18years old and I am prepared to give you 25% percentage of the
total amount, as commission for assisting me and 5% for expenses that
will be incurred.
Victor


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