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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: Sonia Bukhari <sarafinekonu@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: soniabukhar1@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 22:40:26 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello Dearest,


Hello
Dearest,

How are you doing with your family? i will want to use
this oppurtunity to see for a help from you, it is my desire to have
business relationship with you. I
contacted you after going through your profile, I prayed over it and
selected your name among other names due to its esteeming nature and the
recommendations given to me as a reputable and trust worthy person that
I can do business with and by the recommendation , I must not hesitate
to confide in you for this simple and sincere business .

I am
Miss Sonia Bukhari the only dauhgter of late Mr. and Mrs.Kouassi
Bukhari. My father was a very wealthy international businessman and
cocoa merchant in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory coast, my
father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their
outings on a business trip . My mother died when I was a baby and since
then my father took me so special. Before his death in a private
hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told
me that he has the sum of Ten million, five hundred thousand United
State Dollars. USD ($10,500,000.00) left in fixed / suspense account in
one of the prime bank here in Abidjan, that he used my name as his only
daugther for the next of Kin in depositing of the fund. He also
explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned
by his business ssociates That I should seek for a foreign partner in a
country of my choice where i will transfer this money and use it for
investment purpose such as real estate management or hotel management .

Dear, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways:

(1)
To provide a new empty bank account into which this money would be
transferred to if you dont want us to use your personal account .

(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since i'm still a little girl.

(3)
To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my
education and to secure a resident permit in your country.

Moreover,
Dear, i am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation
for your effort/ input after the successful transfer of this fund into
your nominated account overseas. Furthermore, you indicate your options
towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be
concluded within four (4) days you signify interest to assist me.


Anticipating to hear from you soon.

Sincerely.

Miss Sonia Bukhari

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