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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: Mrs Katherine Bouake <mrskatherinebouake@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Mrs Katherine Bouake <katherine.bouake@live.fr>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 13:35:31 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Greetings from yours sincerely sister


May peace be with you,

>From Mrs Katherine Bouake,

Greetings, please I came across your email contact from my personal search and I instructed the Nurse here in this hospital to help me write you and I believe that you will be honest to fulfill my charitable wish.I am Mrs Katherine Bouake. I am 56 years old dying Cancer Woman, I am a long time sufferer of esophageal cancer and Cancer of the lungs,with a very short time to live.I have some funds which I inherited from my late husband Engr. Kenneth Bouake the sum of $5.5 M which he deposited in the bank in London UK, please I need a very honest and God fearing person that can use these funds for God's work, I wish to bequeath a substantial sum of money to you for charity and humanitarian work.

Presently, this money is in the BANK in London UK, and it was recently that the management of the Bank in London,Uk contacted me as the Legitimate next of kin beneficiary to come forward and receive the money after keeping it for so long or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody from abroad to come forward and receive it on my behalf since I can not come over as a result of my illness, or they get it confiscated.Presently, I'm in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment.I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only few months to live.

It is my last wish to see that these my hard earn money is invested in any organization of your choice and distributed each year among the charities organization, the poor and the motherless baby's home where I come from.I want your good humanitarian,to also use these money to fund churches, muscue, orphanages and widows around your environmnets.I must let you know that these was a very hard decision, but I had to take a bold step towards these issue because I have no further option, I hope you will help me see my last wishes come true.Please my dear beloved one I expect your urgent reply either you are a muslim or Christian we are servicing the same God in heaven.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank in London,Uk. I will also issue a letter of authority to the bank, which will prove that you are my next of kin beneficiary of my Inheritance funds.Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.Hope to hear from you soonest. I am waiting for your urgent reply please, Writen by nurse Rose Kone on behalf of

Yours sincerely sister and Partner,
Mrs Katherine Bouake.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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