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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: Nora Bahi <norabahi386@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2021 16:26:37 +0800
Subject: Good morning ,

Good Morning,

Please allow me to introduce myself to you and I apologize if
my message came as a surprise.

I am Ms. Nora Bahi, 23 years old, daughter of the late Mr. Adama Bahi from
Côte d'Ivoire who was a gold trader.

I came across your profile and felt I should explain my problem to you if
you are honest, we move on. I have an inheritance fund
worth €8.4
million that is deposited by my late father with a major
bank here in Côte d'Ivoire before he died in 2020 as a result of
the political crisis that took place here in my country.

But the problem I'm facing right now is that my uncle threatened to kill
me, if i didn't release the deposit certificate of funds for him
then i have to flee our family home to a hideout
for the safety of
my life and future, please i need your help to present it to the bank
like my late father, business partner, whom I want the funds to be
transferred to his account there in your country for
Investment objective and to move to your country to accompany you.

If you can help, please get back to me
( norabahi386@gmail.com ) for more details.

Yours sincerely.
Miss Nora Bahi.

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