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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: "aziz musa" <aziz_musa_chambers35@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 22:04:39 +0000
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE IN TRANSACTION

FROM THE DESK OF MR.Aziz Musa,
BILL AND EXHANGE UNIT
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK(ADB)
OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA-FASO.
MY PRIVATE PHONE NUMBER IS (00226-76558065).


URGENT ASSISTANCE IN TRANSACTION

I am the manager at the bill and exchange department bank of
african(ADB)here in Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso.

In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of US$18.2m dollars (
USdollars)in
an account that belonging to one of our foreign customer.Who died along with
his entire family in Monday,31 July, 2000 in a plane crash in paris.
Please visit this site that is one of the evidence the directors brought in
other
to swallow the money at the end of the
day,http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm"
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 befor me. Thereafter, I
will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage
indicated therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to your
designited bank account ,you must apply first to the bank as a relation or
next of kin of the deceased with a text of application that i will send to
you,so i will like you to send to me your private telephone and faxnumber
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 shouldnot 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. Trusting to hear from you
immediately.

Dear p/s reply this email thanks
Yours Faithfully,MR.Aziz Musa(ADB)

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