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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: mustapha amigo <mustaphaamigo@zwallet.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 09:57:45 -0500
Subject: URGENT/CONFIDENTIAL FROM MUSTAPHA AMIGO.

Dear,



Good and fine day to you and your family.



I got your address via the internet. I have a proposal for you-this however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour against your will.



Iam 49 years, working with a bank (one of the African leading banks here in the west coast) Here in this bank existing a dormant account for the past 8 years which belong to a Syria national who is now late.

When i discovered that there had been no deposits nor withdrawals from this account for this long period, I and one other colleague decided to carry out a system investigation and discovered that non of the family member nor relations of the late Syrian is aware of

this account.



This is the story in a nutshell. Now we want an account overseas where we can transfer this funds. Thereafter, we had planned to destroy all related documents for this account. It is a careful

network and for the past eleven months we have worked out everything to ensure a hitch-free operation.



The amount is not so much-at the moment and plus all the accumulated interest the balance in this account stands at-US$14,334,798.42 million US dollars.



Now our questions are:-



1. Can you handle this project?

2. Can we give you this trust?

3. What will be your commission?



Consider this and get back to us as soon as possible.All we need is "an empty " account details, and your honesty in this transaction.



Finally, it's our humble prayer that the information as contained herein be accorded the necessary attention, urgency as well as the secret it deserves.



Yours Sincerely,



Mustapha Amigo.

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