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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:02:28 +0200
Subject: Urgent and Confidential






FROM THE OFFICE OF MR ABDUL DAO
THE CHIEF AUDITOR INCHARGE=20
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB)
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO=20
WEST AFRICA.=20

Dear Partner
I presumed that all is well with you and your family. Please let this do =
not be a surprise proposal to you because i got your contact information =
from the international directory in few weeks ago before i decided to con=
tact you on this magnitude and lucrative transaction for our future survi=
val in life. Moreover, i have laid all the solemn trust in you before i d=
ecided to discose this successful & confidential transaction to you.

I,=C2=A0Abdul Dao=C2=A0THE CHIEF AUDITOR INCHARGE OF FOREIGN REMITTANCE U=
NIT of our bank and i have had the intent to contact you over this financ=
ial transaction worth the sum of NINETEEN MILLION, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND=
UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($19,300,000.00 ) for our success. This is an aban=
doned sum that belongs to one of our bank foreign customers who died alon=
g with his entire family through plane crash disaster since few years ago=
. Meanwhile i was very fortune to came across the deceased file when i wa=
s arranging the old and abandoned customers files in other to sign and su=
bmit to the entire bank management for an official re-documentation and a=
udit of the year against 2008.

Be informed clearly that it was stated in our banking rules and regulatio=
ns which was signed lawfully that if such fund remains unclaimed till the=
period of 5 years started from the date when the beneficiary died, the m=
oney will be transferred into the treasury as an unclaimed fund. As an ho=
nor and advantage bestowed to our foreign customers base on the rules gui=
ding our bank, it was stated obviously that if you are not a Burkina Faso=
citizen, you have the absolute authority to claim the fund hence you are=
a foreigner despite your differences from the country of origin of the d=
eceased. So the request of you as a foreigner is necessary to apply for t=
he claim and transfer of the fund smoothly into your reliable bank accoun=
t as the NEXT OF KIN OR EXTENDED RELATIVE to the deceased.

On the transfer of this fund into your account, { 39% }being ( US$7,527,0=
00.00) will be your share in respect of the account provision and=C2=A05%=
has been set aside for any expenses we might incur.=C2=A0your assistance=
rendered during the transfer of the fund into your bank account,{ 52% } =
being (US$10,036,000.00) will be my share being the coordinator of the tr=
ansaction while the rest { 9% } being (US$1,737,000.00) will be shared to=
the respectable Organizations Centers such as Charity Organization, Moth=
erless Babies homes, and helpless disabled people in the World.

If you are really sure of your trustworthy, accountability and confidenti=
ality on his transaction, contact me and agree that you will not change y=
our mind to cheat or disappoint me when the fund have getting into your a=
ccount. Besides you should not entertain any fear because i am sure of th=
e success as an insider in the bank ok. Please reply with the assurance, =
include your private telephone and fax numbers necessary for facilitate a=
n easy communication in this transaction. As soon as you reply, so that i=
will let you know the next step to follow in order to finalize this tran=
saction immediately. I expect your urgent communication.(abdul_dao@voila.=
fr)

Yours sincerely=20
MR Abdul Dao

=C2=A0



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