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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: "ibrahim usman" <ibrahimusman2@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 19:08:07 +0000
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF MR IBRAHIM USMAN..

FROM THE DESK OF MR IBRAHIM USMAN.
AUDITIN AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)
OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO.


Dear Friend,

I am the AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) here in
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum
of US$25m dollars (TWENTY FIVE MILLION US DOLLARS) in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich,
Germany) who died along with his entire family in Jully 2000 in a plane
crash.
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THIS SITE BELLOW

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
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Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his
next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it
unless some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased
as indicated in our banking guidlings and laws but unfortunately we learnt
that 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 as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for
safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we
don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill.

The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money
remained unclaimed after five years, the money will be transfered into the
bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in
this business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner
and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.I agree that 30%
of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision of a foriegn
account , 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business
and 60% would be for me Thereafter, I will visit your country for
disbursement according to the percentage indicated Therefore, to enable the
immediate transfer of this fund to you arranged,you must apply first to the
bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your
bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone and fax number
for easy and effective communication and location where in the money will be
remitted.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 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.
when writing back to me i will like you to provide to me the answers of this
questions.

1.your age

2.your marital status

3.your occupation

4.if you are ready to keep the transaction as top secret as i do not want it
to jeopadise or have my reputable immage dented

5.your financial capability in handling this transcation as money will be
involve

6.your credibility and reliability as to avoid betrayal from you or seating
on my share when the funds finaly hits your bank account

7.that all my instructions as an insider and as the initiator of the
transaction would be taking for the betterment of a hitch transfer and also
include your private telephone and fax number and endevoure to call me with
the above indicated private telephone line as indicated above.your immediate
response shall be most appreciated as the urgency of the transfer implies
for we don't have enough time again to excute this transaction and also
don't fail to call me for more explanation.
(00226-765-624-76)

Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours Faithfully,
MR IBRAHIM USMAN.

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