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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 Desil Onal" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <desilonal@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 14:28:38 -0800
Subject: Please can i confide in you? ( sa-mn )

COMPLIMENT OF THE SEASON

Dear Friend,

I am Mr Desil Onal, Manager Auditing and Accountancy Department, Bank of Africa in (B.O.A) Burkina-Faso. I got your email account while searching for a business oriented personality and you happen to be the one.

I bring forth a business proposal in the tune of Eight Million Three Hundred Thousand United State Dollars Only,($8.3M.US) to be transferred to an offshore account with your assistance acting as beneficiary and next-of-kin to the Inheritance funds.

If you know you are capable of involving and partaking in this transaction, please send down the following personal details to me for briefing and more clarification;

(1)Full names:........................ .....

(2)Occupation:................ ..............

(3)Age and Sex:..........................

(4)Marital Status:..........................

(5)Private phone and fax numbers:..................

(6)Current residential address:..............

I am waiting for your urgent reply so that we will starts immediately. Sorry if you received this letter in your spam, Due to recent connection error here in my country.

Regards,

Mr Desil Onal.
+226 74 52 20 00

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