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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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Fraud email example:

From: no-reply@openhandel.nl
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 17:09:16 +0100
Subject: Open Handel bericht: marybakuma@aklan.com zoekt contact met u!


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Belangrijk: Vervang 'no-reply@openhandel.nl' met de e-mailadres van de betrokkene (zie onderaan!) wanneer u op 'Reply/Beantwoorden' knop drukt om deze persoon te beantwoorden!
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marybakuma@aklan.com zoekt contact met u!
Het betreft de onderstaande advertentie:


'Papagaai Timmy of grijze roodstaart'
http://www.openhandel.nl/index.php?value=show&id=8846


marybakuma@aklan.com schreef:
Onderwerp: marybakuma@aklan.com
Bericht: marybakuma@aklan.com
From;Madam Mary Bakuma
Tel;225 0800 6902.

My Dear,

PLEASE DO REPLY ME WITH THIS PRIVATE MAIL: marybakuma@aklan.com
It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I and my Son Musa intend to establish in your country.Though I have not met with you before but I believe with your profile, i can confide on you for the brighter future of my children.

My late Husband kept for ($15.5M USD) for us with a Security Company here in Abidjan Cote D\'ivoire before he was assasinated by unknown persons.Now I and my son Musa decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe enough for security and political reasons.

We want you to help us claim and retrieve these fund from the Security company and transfer it into your personal account in your country for investment purposes.

You can call my son Musa for more explanation on this number: 00225 0800 6902.

Mary Bakuma.



U kunt het volgende e-mailadres gebruiken om deze persoon te antwoorden: marybakuma@aklan.com

NIEUW!
De link hieronder kunt u gebruiken om: uw advertentie(s) te bewerken, advertenties te (her)activeren wanneer ze verlopen zijn, advertenties definitief te verwijderen, uw gegevens aan te passen en nieuwe advertenties te plaatsen zonder uw gegevens elke keer opnieuw in te moeten voeren. Alleen de eerste keer (of bij reset) dient u m.b.v. uw e-mailadres een wachtwoord aan te vragen: http://www.openhandel.nl/index.php?usr_login=true


Let op!
U bent niet verplicht een wachtwoord aan te vragen. Ook zonder wachtwoord (wanneer u dus NIET bent ingelogd), kunt u -net als tot nog toe advertenties plaatsen en verwijderen, maar u kunt ze dan niet bewerken.

Met vriendelijke groeten,
Open Handel
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http://www.openhandel.nl
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