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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: "hamed aruna" <hamed_aruna1111@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:51:02 +0000
Subject: VERY URGENT call me..

FROM THE DESK OF HAMED ARUNA
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT
BANK OF AFRICA (BOA) OF BURKINA
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO
TEL,(00226-78 85 82 81.

Dear Friend,

ASSALAM-U-ALAIKUM.

I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department
of BANK OF AFRICA (BOA) OF BURKINA FASO OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO.

I am writing,following the impressive information about you through one of
my friend. He assured me of your capability andreleability to champion this
business opportunity.

In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of U.S$10.5M US dollars (TEN
Million five hundred USdollars) in an account that belongs to one of our
foreign customer who died along with his entire family in DECEMBER 2003 in a
plane crash.Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting
his next if kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release
it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased
as indicated in our banking guidlines and laws butunfortunately we learnt
that all his supposed next of kin or relation diedalongside with him at the
plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I and other officials in my
department now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the
money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and
subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this
money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill.

The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after three years, the money will betransfered into the bank
treasury as unclaimed fund.

The request of foreign as next of kin in this business is occassioned by the
fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next
of kin to a foreigner.

We agree that 25% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner, in
respect to the provision of a foreign account, 5%will be set aside for
expenses incured during the business and 70% would befor me and my
colleagues.

There after I and my colleagues will visityour country for disbursement
according to the percentages indicated.Therefore,to enable the immediate
transfer of this fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank
as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your
bank account number,your private telephone and fax number for easy and
effective communication and location where in the money will be remitted.

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or e-mail the text of
the application.

I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free
and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required
arrangements have been made for the transfer.

You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter for
more explanations.

Yours faithfully,
HAMED ARUNA
Bill & Exchange Manager
TEL,(00226-78 85 82 81.

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