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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: "jean sankara" <mr_jean_sankara2010@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 18:44:04 +0000
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT.

FROM THE DESK OF Mr.JEAN SANKARA
HEAD OF COMPUTING DEPT.
BANK OF AFRICA ( BOA)
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO,

Dear Partner,

I came across your e-mail address on the chambers of commerce and industries
and i felt that you can be of assistance to me.

I want to transfer out $15,000,000.00(Fifteen Million United state Dollars)
from our bank here, I have the courage to contact you for this important
transaction,believing that you will never let me down either now or in
future.

I am the auditor and head of computing department of our bank here in
Ouagadougou,Burkina-Faso. There is an account opened in this bank in 1995
and since my inception into office in 2001, nobody has operated on this
account again, after going through some old files, I discovered that if i do
not remit this money out urgently, it will be forfeited for nothing.

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be
approved to any local bank here in Burkina-Faso, but can only be approved to
any foreign account because the money is in Dollars and the former owner of
the account was DR. GEORGE BRUMLEY a citizen of Atlanta,United States of
America but naturalised in Burkinafaso,WestAfrica and contractor with
ECOWAS,(ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES) .

It was said that this foreign customers who died along with his entire
family in a plane crash that took place 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 it cannot be released unless somebody
applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased customer 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.


At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 35% of the total
amount, 55% will be for me, while 10% will be for expenses both parties
might have incurred during this process.

Send me as a matter of urgency for onward processing of the transfer
documents in your favour, Your Private Tele & Fax Numbers, Full Name.
I await to receive your details, so that we can start the tranfer process,
Thanks.

Sincerely,
Mr.JEAN SANKARA.

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