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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: Welearn George <welearngeorge@live.fr>
Reply-To: welearn_george@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 12:22:38 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YOUR SINCERE CONCERN WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED



Dearest,

I am a senior social worker working in conjunction with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) responsible for the refugees here in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. I need your sincere confidence and assistance to help a very sick woman and her only daughter of 23years. This sick woman lost her husband during the political crisis that happen in Abidjan more than a year ago so due to the ugly traditional believe and practices of her husband people, they have decided to strip her of all her possession and legitimate rights as the only wife of her husband. In trying to achieve this, the family members then conspired against her and succeeded in throwing her and her only daughter from her only husband building which is now being occuppied by her late husband extended family members.



As if it was not enough, the family members then forced her to appear before the clan elders gathering to declared all the assets of her late husband which she did by handing over to them all the documents of the two buildings, the five cars and the only bank account they knew of because her late husband's uncle is a signatory to the account containing 45 million CFA (approx. $16Million). She said she has to do it because she was afraid of any diabolical or spiritual attacks from her late husband's family members. However, she has liably informed me that she has the private knowledge of $10.9Million belonging to her late husband deposited in one of the banks in Ouagadougou Burkina faso and that nobody knows about this money. She has visited the bank but the bank refused to release the fund to her because she is not a signatory to the fund and that her only daughter who is the only signatory to the account has the legitimate right to request for the
release of the fund to any trustee of her chioce since she still very young. So with the express approval and agreement with her daughter, they are now in need of a foreign partner who will approach the bank as their chioce of trustee to get the fund transferred out of the bank to his or her account and country.



Since this is strictly confidential between you, me and the mother alone, she is willing to release to you the full details of the bank in custody of the fund as soon as you have declared your willingness and readiness to assist them. As an interested partner and for the assistance you will render to them, they have agreed to give to you 30% of the total fund. Please if this story have touched your heart, put away all doubt by listening to your conscience and help this suffering lives in any way you can. You can write or contact me directly with this email address and phone number: welearn_george@hotmail.com / +226-65389921 or you can write or contact Ama directly with this email address and phone number: ama.ibrahima@yahoo.com / +22679742430.



Yours faithfully

Mr, Welearn George

(Senior Camp Attendant)

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