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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: "sabo sagoe" <sabsagoe@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 15:13:19 +0000
Subject: LETTER

FROM THE DESK OF MR.SABO ISAAC SAGOE
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA(BOA)
BOKINA FASO
WEST AFRICA

Hello Walter ,

I know that this letter may come to you as a surprise,I got your contact
address from the internet while I was searching for somebody that has
similar name with one of my best friend.I am the manager of bill and
exchange BANK OF AFRICA at foreign remittance department.There is a business
I would want you to champion for me.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of ($21.500.000 U.S)twenty
one million five hundred thousands US dollars). In an account that belongs
to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family on 25TH
JULY,2000 CONCORDE PLANE CRASH[Flight AF4590 ] with the whole passengers
aboard.The name of the deceased man was(MR.ANDREAS SCHRANNER from
Munich,Germany).
N.B.In other for you to believe me honestly,go through this website below
for your confirmation.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

You have to understand that i come acrossed this huge amount of money when i
was arranging the departmental customers file to submit to the bank
management for the annual audit of the year.
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over but we did not see anybody before we decided to deposited
this money in a TRUST FINANCE INSTITUTE IN EUROPE which I can give you their
contact information if you are ready to claim the money.All his supposed
next of kin's or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving
nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I and
other officials in my department now decided to make this businness proposal
to you. The request of a foreigner in this business is because of our
position in this bank that we cannot operate any foreign account, that is
the reason why we seek for your assistance to contact the TRUST FINANCE
INSTITUTE IN EUROPE FOR THE CLAIMING.

We agree that 35% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in
respect to the provision of a foreign account and 65% would be for me and my
colleagues. There after I and my colleagues will visit your country for
disbursement accoding to the percentages indicated. Therefore to enable the
immediate trnansfer of this fund to you, you are to contact the TRUST
FINANCE INSTITUTE IN EUROPE. All modalities of this transaction have been
carefully worked out and once started will not take more than fourteen(14)
working days, with your full
support. this transaction is 100% risk free.it involve no any implication
and no any precaution there after. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send
to you by fax or email the text of the application. I will not fail to bring
to your notice that this transaction is hitch free and that you should not
entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for
the transfer.

You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter on this
private email address: ssagoe@hotmail.com


Trusting to hear from you immediately.

Yours faithfully,

Mr.Sabo Isaac Sagoe
Bank Of Africa
Bill and exchange Dept.
West Africa.

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