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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 Frank Zuba <mszu0074@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrfrankzuba@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:55:40 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: With Due Respect




Dear Friend I am Mr. Frank Zuba, The auditing and accounting manager of Eco bank, Burkina Faso. I have a transaction of $17,300,000m to bring to your attention if only you would be interested and willing to assist me move the fund to your destination, My contact is for you to assist me to transfer the fund ($17.3M) Seventeen Million Three Hundred Thousand United State Dollars from a Cooperate Bank here in Burkina Faso to a Foreign account. First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction. This is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential. I am sure and have confidence of your ability and reliability to prosecute a transaction of this great magnitude. I solicit your assistance to enable us transfer the said amount into your safe account for onward investment.
 At the conclusion of the transfer you will take 40% and the 60% will be for me. As soon as I hear from you and upon your strong assurance that you will not let me down once the fund goes into your account I will then send you the Text of application form which you will fill with your banking information and send to my bank here for immediate transfer of the fund to your account. If you are interested, please forward the following information as below:
1. Name In Full:................................2. Address:.......................................3. Nationality:...................................4. Age:.............................................5. Sex..............................................6. Occupation:......................................7. Phone:............................................8. Fax:............................................. Reply Me Through My private email :( mrfrankzuba@hotmail.com )Telephone 00226 74 37 63 15 Yours SincerelyMr. Frank Zuba,(Eco Bank manager)

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