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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: Loran BAMAKO <malikgaddafi@hotmail.fr>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2017 09:01:00 +0000
Subject: I'M WAITING FOR YOUR MESSAGE.a


Hello My Dear / Greeting To You,

How are you and your family? I know that this message might be a surprise to you, but please bring your attention to read this message with sympathetic mind and with a deep sense of humility. I am giving you my trust and wish you will give me back the trust I have given you. I believe that you will be honest to fulfil my final wish.
My name is Mrs. Loran M. BAMAKO, I'm married to late Mr. Jean-Claude BAMAKO who worked with the Cote d'Ivoire embassy in Paris, France before he was poison to death and following the brief illness that lasted for only three days. I and my husband were married for all his life without a single child. After the death and burial of my husband, I decided not to marry again or get a child outside my matrimonial home.
As I communicate with you now, I have been diabolized with congested LUNG CANCER which has caused me a Heart Failure according to the medical experts, of which the expert doctors have confirmed and told me that I may not live beyond next month; this is because the cancer stage has reached to a very critical stage.
When my husband was alive, he made a deposit of the sum of $3,500,000.00 (Three Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollar) in one of the investments bank. Presently, this Money is still intact with the bank custody and the bank management has just wrote me and inform me of the maturity date of my deposit or rather issue a declaration of fund claim authorisation to somebody to receive it on my behalf since I can not come over to the bank by myself due to my health illness status, or otherwise, they get the fund confiscated. As I write to you, I'm feeling that this money in the bank would be a waste if I die and that is the reason why I have decided and come to a conclusion of donating this money out to the Motherless Babies, Less Privilegeless and it is my last wish to see that part of this money is been invested into a very good Venture of your choice that will be giving out proceeds to be distributed each year among the Charity Organization, The Poor and The Orphanage Homes around the communities. I must let you know that this was a very hard decision to me, but I had to take a bold step towards this issue because I have no other option.
Please, my dear, I have come to you to help me carry out this last wish of mine because I am too weak to move about and also have been confined to a wheel chair for long due to the state of my health. It is true that I don't know you in person but I believe that God knows you as I have been directed by God to donate this fund out. NOTE: If you know that you are trustworthy and sincere and you can handle this project as I stated herein, kindly reply me back here {lmt2000@outlook.fr} as soon as possible so that I will direct you on how to contact the depository bank for the transfer of the funds to you but if you can not handle this project as I have stated here, please kindly ignore this mail.
I will give you more explanations and information's only if you will be interested and sincere to handle this project.
I'm waiting to read a consideration message from you.
Thank you for your concern.
Best Regards.
Mrs. Loran M. BAMAKO.
NOTE: Please reply me back here {lmt2000@outlook.fr}

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