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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: "Mr. Abdul Dagogo" <dagogo011@superposta.com>
Reply-To: abdul_dagogo@hotmail.fr
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:40:09 +0000
Subject: From The Manager International Relationship Exchange (UBBI).


Hallo My Dear Friend,



How are you doing together with your entire family, I hope all is well?
Please carefully read and understand my reason of contacting you through
this email. I am Mr Abdul Dagogo. The International Relationship Exchange
Foreign Remittance Unit Union Bank Of Burkina-Faso Institute (UBBI).
Ouagadougou Burkina - Faso West Africa .



Although the world is very hard place to meet people because you don't know
whom to trust or believe but as I have developed the trust in you after my
fasting and praying, i made up my mind to shear this confidential business
with you.



Here. I am contacting you because of an abandoned sum of Eighteen Million
One Hundred Thousand United State Dollars. ($18.1 Million) that was
deposited by a late customer of this bank from Lebanon .



A very prominent man who was doing business transaction with our bank. He
was a citizen of Lebanon . This bank unfortunately lost his life through
assassinated on February 14, 2005 when explosives equivalent to around 300
kg of C4 were detonated as his motorcade drove past the Saint George Hotel
in the Lebanese Capital, Beirut .



This bank has no knowledge about his death. Upon this discovery that i
decided to make this business proposal to you since the banking laws and
guidelines here stipulate that if such funds remain unclaimed here after
nine years, the money will be transferred into the Central Bank Treasury as
unclaimed fund.



My stand to contact you now is that, a foreign has the legal right to put
claim to such deposit followed by you will proof your claim with this bank.
Therefore, I want you to apply as his business partner.



This transaction is going to be a success because, a foreigner is
compulsorily needed to present himself or herself as the next of kin to this
deceased bank customer and hence the beneficiary of the fund because the
fund depositor was a foreigner.



I therefore, desperately need your assistance to claim and receive this sum
of money into your account. For the assistance in this transaction, you will
be entitled to 40% of the total fund in respect of the provision of your
bank account and the assistance you are to render on the process.



55% would be for me as the originator and initiator of the transaction, and
the rest 5% will be used to off-set any minor expenses which may arise
during the process of transferring the fund into your account. I and my
entire family will leave here immediately to your country in order to
receive my part.



Please endeavour to keep this transaction very secret and highly
confidential because i will lose my position in this bank if the bank
authority here finds out that you and I are collaborating in this "Special
Deal". Please also be rest-assured that this business is 100% risk-free, and
all the information and data's you will need to make successful claim of
this fund in the bank here are fully ready with me here.

Note Well and urgently confirm your willingness and interest to assist me by
producing and sending back to me the needed information below.


1. Your full name:
2. Your Age:
3. Your Sex
4. Your Occupation
5. Your phone Telephone and fax numbers :

6. Your country and city:

Thanks and best regards.

Mr Abdul Dagogo.

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