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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: "karim ahmed" <k-ahmed2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ahmedkarim1414@freemail.nl
Date: Sun, 07 May 2006 22:27:00 +0000
Subject: Call me for more discussion on 00226 76 00 29 77

Dear Friend,

With the due respect and regard I have decided to contact you on this
business transaction.

I am Mr Karim Ahmed, the director audit and account dept.African development
bank Ouagadougou Burkina Faso, west Africa.

During the auditing of the year in my department i come across a huge of
money belong to one of our decease custom who died in the (Beirut-bound
charter jet) plane crash on the 25th December 2003 in cotonou (republic of
Benin).
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html).

since his untimely death the fund has been dormant in his account with this
Bank without any claim of the fund in our custody either from his family or
relation before our discovery to this development.

Although , I keep this information secret within myself and looking for a
partners to enable the whole plans and idea be Profitable and successful
during the time of execution.

The said amount was US$20.5M(Twenty r million five Hundred Thousand united
states dollars) and this transaction is 100% risk free as I have made
successful arrangement as an insider of the bank before contacting you.

On conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 30% of the total
sum as gratification, while 10% will be set aside to take care of expenses
that may arise during the time of transfer and also telephone bills, while
60% will be for me .

Please, be advice to keep this a top secret as we are still in service and
intend to retire from service after we conclude this deal with you. I will
be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until you confirm the
money in your account and ask me to come down to your country for
subsequent sharing of the fund according to percentages previously indicated
and further investment, either in your country or any country you advice me
to invest in.

All other necessary information will be sent to you on your acceptance to
champion this transaction with me. I suggest you get back to me as soon as
possible on my personal email address stating your wish in this deal.
Yours faithfully,

Please here is my private telephone number 00226 76 00 29 77.


Thanks
Ahmed Karim

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