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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: "kallon koroma" <kkoroma01@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 06:02:34 +0000
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT & CONFIDENTIAL

FROM THE DESK OF
MR.KALLON KOROMA Accountant General
BANK OF AFRICA
OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA FASO.








A CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL



Compliments of the season.Relationship is a concept that is
inevitable and natural because man is interdependent hence, I wish to humbly
seek your hands in a business relationship through this medium. Without
mincing words ,I’m an Accountant with the Bank of Africa Ouagadougou,
Burkina Faso.In the process of executing my official duty of
accounting/auditing the Banks’ bill and exchange department of the foriegn
remittance bereau, I discovered in a DOMICILIARY account favouring a foriegn
customer, a floating sum of US$9:m 700.000 standing to be sent into the bank
treasury as uncliamed bill.Based on this discovery, the department concerned
was subjected to questioning as to acertian the authencity of the facts and
figures found in the file containing the said sum coupled with thier
(Bank)prospective actions against the account and thus,it became obviuos
that the said amount belongs to a one time contractor with the ECONOMIC
COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS);an ATLANTA USA citizen named
DR.GEORGE WASHINGTON BRUMLEY who died in Kenya plan crash with his family
of which nobody was left behind to stand as his next of kin.The Bank
authenticated thier claim by exposing to me the websites covering his death
as post dated by cnn news report which I
visited;.http:/www.wgcltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1367903

However,as a proffessional Accountant, I adviced the bank to suspend
sending the fund into their treasury as a precautionary measure against any
unforseen contingencies.They acceptd my advice, and it is here that I want
you to come In pretending to be his next of kin so that we can profit from
this situation and have the fund transfered into your account for both of us
as a foriener.

Finally,on your acceptance, I shall send you the data informations from
his file that can guide you successfully to claim this fund into your
account and subsequently,40% will be for you in
respect of the account provided for this transaction.Note equally that this
transaction is a risk free one .


Yours sincerely,
MR. KALLON KOROMA

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