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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: "titi mohammed" <ti_mohammed1@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 09:17:27 +0000
Subject: URGENT MESSAGE.

BANK OF AFRICA (ANNEX)
BILL AND EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT,
BP4901 01 OUAGADOUGOU 01,BURKINA-FASO.
Tel:(0226)78864-583


Dear Sir,


I am the Bill and Exchange(assistant) Manager of Bank of Africa
(Annex),OUGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO.You will be suprised how i got your
contact,I got it from the internet. In my department I discovered an
abandoned sum of USD$18.2 MILLION US Dollars(EIGHTEEN MILLION,TWO HUNDRED
THOUSAND US DOLLARS). In an account that belongs to one of our foreign
customer who died along with his wife and two children in february 1998 in
kenya airways plane crash.

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
somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated i our banking guidelines but unfortunately we learnt that all his
supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him in the plane crash
leaving nobody behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I in my department now decided to
make this business proposals to you and release the money to you as next of
kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement
since nobody is coming for it and I don't want this money to go into the
bank treasury as unclaimed Bill. The banking law and guidelines here
stipulates that if such money remains unclaimed after four years, the money
will be forfieted into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund.

The request of foreigner in this transaction is necessary because our
client was a foreigner and a Burkinab Ecannot stand as next of kin to a
foreigner.

I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as foreign partner,
inrespect to the provision of a foreign account, and 70% would be for me ,
after which I shall visit 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, and send your account number, your
private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and
location where the money will be remitted. Upon receipt of your reply, I
will send to you by fax or e-mail the text of the application. I will not
fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is100% hitch-free.

As all required arrangement have been made for the transfer. You should
contac me immediately as soon as you receive this letter. Trusting to hear
from you immediately.I expect your urgent reply make such that you reply to
private email adderss:titi_mohammed20@hotmail.com

Best regards.

MR.TITI MOHAMMED.
BILL AND EXCHANGE (ASSIST.)MANAGER,BANK OF
AFRICA(ANNEX), OUAGADOUGOU,
OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA-FASO.WEST AFRICA.
N.B:
I WANT YOU TO ACT AS HIS NEXT OF KIN,SO THAT WE CAN
SHARE THE MONEY
Tel:(0226)78864-583.

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