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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: "sekoualion08@gmail.com" <sekoualion08@gmail.com>
Reply-To: musa_ahmed20@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 12:57:34 +0100
Subject: From The Desk Of DR MUSA AHMED.


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From The Desk Of DR MUSA AHMED.
Bill And Exchange Manager
Foreign Remittance Dept
Bank of Africa
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.
West Africa



Attention: Sir/Madam,



I sourced your email from a human resource profile database in the chamber,
my name is ( DR MUSA AHMED) ..an account officer to late Mr. Morris
Thompson from America who is an gold merchant Agent here in ouagadougou
burkina faso, a well known Philanthropist before he died. He made a Will
stating that ( USD $ 250 millions dollars) should be given to an citizen
of our choice overseas.



I have made a random draw and your e-mail address was picked as the
beneficiary to this Will. I am particularly interested in securing this
money from the Bank because they have issued a notice instructing me been
the account officer to produce the beneficiary of this before end of this
2008 else the money will be credited to the Government treasury as per law
here.
It is my utmost desire to execute the Will of my late client Mr. Morris
Thompson since he is no more alive, both wife Thelma Thompson, and daughter
Sheryl Thompson.



Please for more details concerning him and how he died, you can visit this
website:
www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/

If you are interested, you are required to contact me immediately to start
the documentation process with the help of a legal practitioner.



I urge you to contact me immediately for further details bearing in mind
that the Bank has given us a date limit, Please act fast.



I await your urgent response.
DR MUSA AHMED.
Bank of Africa
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.
West Africa

Contact me through my private / musa_ahmed20@hotmail.com
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