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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: "aldudu dawa2006" <aldududawa2006@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:47:49 +0000
Subject: GO THROUGH MY MAIL VERY WELL AND GET BACK TOME FAST

thanks
look my good friend i am what i am at my age i can not lie beacuse of 50§ i
lie for you,WHY i leave nigeria my country and take one week leave to come
to burkinafaso and to arrange with the central bank gonvornor here to move
your fund through thier coressponding bank(HALIFAX BANK PLC UK)where you
will receive your money for on ward transfer to your personal account .
WHY i take this action is because of what is happeing in nigeria beacuse of
the accounment MR president OLUSOJI OBASAJO and with they finical ministers
and their accoutant gernral of ferdral repulic of nieria, they said it PUT
AND CLEAR that they are not ready to relesae any fund to any person or group
of company because of mr president reqiued for thired time all the nigeria
said NO nad he deciceied to polisch every person beacuse we are against him,
listen let me tell you do you kwon that he has remove the finance minister
DR MRS NGOZI OKONJO beacuse of your fund she approve and thats why your fund
is moved to central of burkinafaso and you surpose to be happy with me and
also with the central bank of burkinafaso here, infact for your intrested if
any body tells you that your money is in central bank is a tipical LIE.
pls let me adice you once more you kown that i have an intrested in that
your money that as soon as the fund is your account you are going to settle
me for my good work, pls and pls am begining you in the name of GOD dont
tell them that proferssor charle in burkinafaso is in burkinfaso because
they dont that am here in burkinafaso only my familys kown that i am here.
finaly the number i gave you to call me is the personal line of central bank
gonvonor of burkinafaso.
Finaly i will you to contact the central bank of burkinafaso and asked if
your money is there or nor and get back to me, below is the name of the
central bank address of burkinafaso

EMAIL ADDRESS......... centralbankofboukinafaso@finanacemail.net.
FAX NUMBER..............00226 76 61 73 979 or 00226 76 39 48 748.
pls do mail them or you send fax to them to confirm if your money is there
or NOT, and after confirming with them you call me with the gonvornor number
i gave to you am with the gonvournor i have only 3,4 days to go back to my
country.
Let me adcive you for the last time if you like you belive me or you leave
but delay is dengrous beacuse the law of this conutry is any money that
enter there central bank within 72hours if the owner did not come or ask
about the money they will send back fast to their bank tresuery and it will
becomes unclaim fund, then you have to loose your money(your 25million
dollars).
wating for your urgent reply.
hope to hear from you
professoir charle.

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