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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: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 21:51:58 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Greetings dear faithful one,


Greetings dear faithful one,
>From Mrs Katherine Bouake,

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

It was recently that I recieved a letter of quick notice from the management of the Bank in London,Uk that I should come forward and receive the money 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 will get it confiscated.Presently, I'm in a hospital where I have been undergone treatment.I have since lost my ability to talk,

I decided to see these Inheritance fund being 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 as I am preparing for a surgery here soon,

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the full contact address of the Bank in London,Uk. I will also issue a letter of authority to the bank, which will prove 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 for

Yours faithful sister,
Mrs Katherine Bouake.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



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