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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: Gladis Konte <gladiskonte23@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 20:49:44 +0100
Subject: Urgent reply for more detail


My Dear Friend,

I am Mr Ebrahim Sido, a director in African Development Bank (ADB)
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso, I hope that you will not expose or betray this
trust and confident that I am about to establish with you for the mutual
benefit of you and I. I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum
of ($12.5) million united state dollar into your account.

This money has been dormant for years in our bank without claim due to the
owner of this fund died along with his entire family and supposed next of
kin in an air crash. I want our bank to release these funds to you as the
nearest person to our deceased customer while i come over to your country
to share this fund with you as soon as you confirm this fund into your
account and ask me to come over. I don't want the money to go into our bank
treasure as an abandoned fund. So this is the reason why i contacted you so
that our bank will release this money to you as the next of kin to the
deceased customer. Please i would like you to keep this proposal as a top
secret and delete it if you are not interesting.

Upon the receipt of your reply and indication of your capability, i will
give you full details on how the business will be executed and also note
that you will have 50% of the above mentioned sum if you agree to handle
this business with me while the remaining 50% will be for me because i
don't want anyone here in our bank to know my involvement until you confirm
this fund into your account and ask me to come over for the sharing as i
indicated.

Meanwhile, please if you are willing and ready to handle this transaction
with me, I will advice you to get back to me for more details.

Thanks,
Mr Ebrahim Sido

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