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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: "diko camara" <diko_camara74@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: diko_camara@gawab.com
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 18:30:17 +0000
Subject: please reply.

Dear friend
I am Mr DIKO CAMARA, Manager(Treasury) of bank of Africa
Burkina faso. (B.O.A)This is an urgent and very confidential business
proposition.

I am writing to seek your cooperation over this business deal. In my
department, I discovered an abandoned sum of US$12,300,000.00, (Twelve
Million, three hundred thousand Dollars) only , in an account that belongs
to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family
in a plane crash that took place in Kenya, East Africa, the Late DR.
GEORGEBRUMLEY, a citizen of Atlanta, United States of America but resident
in
Burkina Faso, West Africa and a physician .
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his
next of kin to come over and claim his money because it cannot be released
unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased
as indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately, all his
supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash
leaving nobody behind for the claim. It is
therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business
proposal to you and release the money to you via your foreign bank
account as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and
subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and this money Could
go into
the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.
The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money
remained unclaimed after four years, the money will be transferred into the
Bank
treasury as unclaimed fund. The request for your assistance and maximum
co-operation as a foreign citizen to stand as the next of kin in this
business is occasioned by the fact that the deceased customer was a
foreigner.

40 % of this money will be for you as my foreign partner, in respect to
the provision of a foreign account. 10 %will be set aside for the
expenses that may be incurred during the business and 50 % would be for me.
There after I will come over to your country for disbursement according to
the percentages indicated.
Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as
arranged, you must apply first to the bank as the relation or next of
kin to the deceased, indicating your claims and where the money will be
remitted. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the
contact of bank which you will and submit to the office of the foreign
remittance director of the bank of Africa Burkina faso. I will not fail
to bring to your notice that this transaction is strictly
confidential and I will use my position in this Bank to effect a hitch
free transfer of the fund.

Please, visit the website below for more information about the Plane
Crash and the tragic death of the deceased and his entire family, Late DR.
GEORGE BRUMLEY.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html

Awaiting your urgent reply
Thanks and my regards.
Mr Diko Camara.


N/B. Please reply through my alternative email address
indicated below;
diko_camara @gawab.com

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