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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: "MR. JOHNSON BAKARE" <johnson_bakare@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: johnsonbakare@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:39:18 -0000 (GMT)
Subject: From Mr.Johnson Bakare. Please Read and assist.


>From Mr.Johnson Bakare,
15 kolughu naba av.
Age:45 years old.
Marital status: married with 4 children.
Occupation: banker.
Country: Burkina Faso.
City: Ouagadougou.

Dear friend,

Compliments, Salam Alaykum!


I am Mr.Johnson Bakare, working at the auditing and accounting department,
ECOBANK BURKINA FASO West Africa with due respects and regard. I have
decided to contact you on a business transaction that will be very
beneficial to both of us at the end of the transaction. During an annual
auditing of Account's in this bank, my department came across a very huge
sum of money belonging to a deceased person who died in a tragic plane
crash on the Lenana Peak, Mount Kenya, Saturday, the 19th day of July,
2003 together with his wife Jean, three of their children and their
spouses, and four grandchildren, since then his fund has been dormant in
his account with this Bank without any claim of the fund in our custody
either from his family or relation before discovery to this development.

The said amount was U.S $8.2M (Eight million, two hundred thousand United
States dollars).Infact I could have done this transaction alone but
because of my position in the country as a civil servant (A Banker), we
are not allowed to operate a foreign account and would eventually raise an
eye brow on my side during the time of transfer because I work in this
bank. This is the actual reason why it will require a second party or
fellow who will forward claims as the next of kin with affidavits of trust
of oath to the Bank and also present a foreign account where you will need
the money to be transferred into on your request as it may be after due
verification and clarification by the correspondent branch of the bank
where the whole money will be remitted from, to your own designation bank
account.

I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free. The
total sum will be shared as follows:60% for me, 40% for you and expenses
incidental occur during the transfer will be incur by both of us. Please,
you have been advised to keep "top secret" as I am still in service and
intend to retire from service after I have concluded this transaction with
you. I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until you
confirm the money in your account and ask me to come down to your country
for subsequent sharing of the fund according to percentages previously
indicated and further investment, either in your country or any country
you advice me to invest in. All ther necessary, vital information will be
sent to you when I hear from you.

The transfer is risk free on both sides hence you are going to follow my
instruction till the fund transfer to your account. More details
information with the text of application form will be forwarded to you to
breakdown explaining comprehensively what require of you. I look forward
to receive your reply urgently. Show your readiness to assist me in this
transaction by replying this proposal as early as possible and I want you
to assure me of your capability of handling this transfer with trust by
giving me the following information's about yourself:

Your Full Name............................
Your Sex..................................
Your Age.................................
Your Country..............................
Passport / driving license.......
Marital Status......................
Your Occupation...........................
Your Personal Mobile Number....................
Your Personal Fax Number......................

I will tell you how you can apply to the bank as soon as i receive your
response towards this mail. Extend my greetings to your family and you
should please try and have trust on me in this transaction so that we
shall achieve our aim together. Do not take this very transaction as a
joke, I am betting you right now that this is just nothing but reality, so
you reply and ask me how you can apply for the text of application form
of claim of the deceased fund from the bank. It is the foreign remittance
departments that are responsible for transference of fund into your
account over there.


Please, visit the website below for more information’s about the plane
crash and the tragic death of the deceased and his entire family, late Dr.
George Brumley.

www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html


Kindly contact me through my number or via e-mail address so that we can
talk more about this transaction. (johnsonbakare@gmail.com).


Thanks from,
Mr.Johnson Bakare.



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