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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:
- This email message is a orphan scam.
Fraud email example:
From: MELISSA Bamba <melissabamba517@gmail.com>
Date:
Subject:
My greetings to you, my name is Melissa Bamba.
First of all I would like to thank you for giving your attention to
reading my mail. I pray that my plan with you Shall be of good
success. I believe one has to risk confidence in someone to succeed
sometimes in life. After reading my message, please kindly get back To
me. I know that you didn't know me before but I got your contact Email
address when I was searching. That is how I got your contact address
Email then I decided to message you.
I want to share this business proposal with you and you are going to
benefit from it please give me the opportunity  and lets work it out
together and achieve from it there is this amount of 6.5 million Euros
(€6.500, 000.00) Which my late Father deposited in a Bank before he
was Assassinated by unknown persons on his trip to France after the
death of my late Father my Mother died 6 Months later as the result of
heart attack then after the sudden death of my both presence my Uncles
took all our belongings from me due to my age i was just 16 years old
then now i have decided to claim what rightful belongs to me.
This funds in question none of my Uncles or any of our Family members
has any idea of this deposited Funds in the Bank. It was me and my
late Mother before her sudden death now I am seeking for a good
hearted person and honest who will assist me Claim this funds and have
it transferred into his or her account for investment while I will
continue my Education i have all the documentation concerning the
deposit of the Funds well-kept with me.
I am ready to offer you a 30% sum of the funds from the total funds at
the completion of the transition. I will give you more details
concerning the deposit as soon as I get your feedback .
I am Looking forward to your urgent response,
Regards
Melissa Bamba.
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