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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: "dally ahmed" <dally_ah2@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 12:51:48 +0000
Subject: urgent response please it's important

DR DALLY AHMED
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)
OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA FASO
DEAR FRIEND,
I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foriegnremittance department of
Bank Of Africa (B.O.A).
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of US$15.5 (Fifteen million
five hundred thousand US dolloars) in an account that belongs to one of our
foriegn customer who died along with his entire family in a plane crash that
happened in Kenya, East Africa.
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidlines and
laws but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or
relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind
for the claim.
Please I want you to visit the website below for more information about
the Plane Crash and the Deceased DR. GEORGE W. BRUMLEY
AND HIS FAMILY:
<http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html>

It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business
proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation
to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is
coming for it and I don't want this money to
go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill.

I agree that 40% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner, in
respect to the provision of a foriegn account, and 60% would be for me,
There after I will visit your country for disbursement according to the
percentage indicated.

Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged,
you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased
indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone
and fax number for easy and effective communication and location wherein the
money will be remitted.
Upon the receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text
of the application to fill and send to the bank. I will not fail to bring to
your notice that this transaction is 100% Risk free and you should keep this
transaction (TOP SECRET) and this transaction will only take us 14 banking
days in the exceptance of this proposal because as a banker, I know what to
do and move the fund into your account without any delay and that you should
not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made
for the transfer.
You should contact me as soon as you receive this letter .
Yours faithfully.
DR DALLY AHMED
Bill & Exchange Manager,

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