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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: Abul Tawfiq <abultawfiq@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: tawfiqabul@sify.com
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:05:37 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Salam




Greeting in the name of Allah, I am sorry to contact youthis way sir, since this is the only way I have to get in contact to you. I amMr. Tawfiq Abdul the director of Islamic development bank Burkina Faso,all stated on Wednesday, 1st April, 1998, one Andreas Schranner, aGarman Nationality business man of international repute made a numbered timeFixed Deposit, valued at $10,600,000.00(Ten Million, Six Hundred thousandUnited States Dollars for twelve years now in my Bank Branch here.

Upon Maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but gotno reply. After five years we sent a reminder and finally we discovered fromhis company that Mr. Andreas Schranner was aboard the AF4590 plane, whichcrashed Monday, 31 July 2000 into the Hotelissimo. visit the website for moreunderstand http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

After further investigation, it was discovered that he died without making aWILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin proved fruitless, on furtherinvestigation, I discovered that Late Mr. Andreas Schranner did not declare anynext of kin or relatives in all his official documents here in our Bank. Thetotal sum, $10,600,000.00 is still in my bank and the interest is being rolledover with the principal sum at the end of each year.
In accordance with the country’s banking laws and constitution guiding thisbanking institution stated that if no body or person comes for the claim as thenext of kin , such money will be revert to the Burkina Faso government treasury.Consequently, It is upon this respect, I seek to present you as a foreignpartner to stand in as the next of kin to the late Mr. Andreas Schranner sinceno one will come up for the claim, and I we back you up as the director withall the information’s that any bank we request from you and the fund we betransfer directly into your account.

Upon your acceptance of this proposal, I shall send to you by mail the Bank"Next of Kin Payment Application Form" as well as detailedinformation on how this deal would be carried out. The money will be shared inthe ratio: Sixty percent for me, fourth percent for you. I guarantee you thatthis will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you fromany breach of the law.

If this interests you, I want to remind you of the confidentiality of thisTransaction at hand whatever your decision is. I await your urgent response.Your detailed reply should contain your mobile number for easier communication.

Thanks.

brother Tawfiq Abul
0022660419174

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