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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: Mousse Omar <m.omar6@aol.fr>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2016 04:49:47 -0400
Subject: Contact My Secretary,





Dear Friend,

I hope you are fine over there in your country. I know that this message will come as a surprise to you but let me start by introducing myself; I am Mr. Mousse Omar, Manager of African Development Bank Burkina Faso. I am writing you this letter to fulfill my promise to Allah,

Now listen to me let me explain to you in my department in the bank I discovered the sum of ( $15.Million United State Dollars) and I was searching for a foreigner partner who will assist me to claims the fund,

Fist i send you an E-mail concern this transaction but I waited to hear from you about the transaction business in which I proposed to you but I did not hear anything from you again maybe you are too busy or you did not received my message,

So I have to search for another person who will assist me in the transaction and so luckily for me I found a partner from South Korea and both of us did the transaction successful,

I promised Allah if the transaction move successfully that I will give out 10 percent of the total fund out to the motherless babies and the widowers for Charity work and luckily for us the transaction was 100% risk free, so as a good Muslim I did not forget my promise to Allah, I decided to give out the 10 percent to the need one’s,

I have been searching for who to hand over the fund to, before i remembered you so I decided to hand over the money under your care for you to use and help the motherless babies and the widowers over there in your country,

Now I am in South Korea with my new partner who helped me finalized everything about the transaction. So I kept the total sum of $ 1.5, Million (One Million five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars),

As the 10 percent of the total fund for the motherless babies and the widowers and I deposited the money with the CORIS BANK INTERNATIONAL under the care of my secretary Ms. Aicha Eric email (aichaeric70@gmail.com)

so contact Ms. Aicha Eric immediately via her email address so that she will direct you on how to receive the funds. Note that my secretary will be waiting to hear from you because I have deposited this money long time ago but because of the project am handling here in South Korea I don’t have access to internet,

So Feel free to contact my secretary Ms. Aicha Eric she will direct you on how you will receive the fund into your bank account in your country, Note that I will not be checking my email because i am too busy here now in South Korea, please keep this transaction as secret do not let my secretary Or anyone know about this transaction I kept the fund under My Secretary care because i told her that the money is for Charity Project,

So contact her and introduce yourself to her because I have also told her about you so tell her to direct you on how you will receive the funds please make sure that the motherless babies and the widowers over there in your country will receive this money,

Thanks’
Best Regards,
Mr. Mousse Omar,



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