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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: Usman Kabore <usmankabore500@postafiok.hu>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 06:32:41 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: I need your urgent partnership


I need your urgent partnership
I am Mr.  Usman Kabore the Auditing & Accounting manager of BICIAB International Bank Burkina Faso, with due respect I have decided to contact you on a business transaction that will be beneficial to both of us and our family.  I came across an old dormant account holding sum of  ( US$18. 4 million) without  a  next of kin specified nor  indicated  in the deposit papers ,  on further investigation  I discovered  that  the owner of the  account is late  Col. Muammar Gaddafi.
As am talking to you right now through this email the account have remained dormant and the funds remained unclaimed without knowledge of any member of  late  Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s  family  because the funds were put in a fixed deposit account in our bank some years ago for future investment.  I decided to seek ways through which to transfer the funds out of the bank and out of the country too to use it to help the less privilege and MYSELF due to the fact that i do not want the CHIEF EXECUTIVES OFFICERS and TOP SHAREHOLDERS of our Bank to  transfer the fund to the bank treasury account as abandon fund (unclaimed bill) to share the fund among themselves. 
I need your urgent  partnership  and cooperation  to provide a good  and  reliable  bank  account to receive the funds, I want you to put claim on the fund  I am prepared  to present you to  our bank as the  NEXT OF KIN and  business associates to late Col. Muammar Gaddafi  jointly with him  in business of  purchasing  Gold and Diamond  from  Burkina Faso  mining cooperation.  Don’t have any atom of fear in you the transaction  is 100% risk free  and  will be done legitimately under next of kin claim law of the bank,  moreover  i  have secretly  perfected all the arrangements and  plans  for  you to put claim on the fund before contacting you.
At the conclusion of the transfer to your account you will have 40% of the total funds  as the account owner,   50% will be for me,  and  3% will be mapped out for  any  expense that occurs, while 7% will be set aside as a free will donation to charity and motherless babies homes.   Note, treat this proposal as a top secret but if you are not interested please delete my letter from your computer.
Thank you and I wait to receive your positive response.
Best RegardsMr.  Usman Kabore.

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