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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: MR MUSA AHMED <mrmusa_1_ahmed@yahoo.ca>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:24:05 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: More information and Your role


Dear,
Thank you for your response.as i saw your mail i believe that you are capabile of handle this transaction.well what i told was really only if you can follow my step and i promise you this money will be transfer in to your account in the next 14 working days,all to your financial benefit and mine.

Above all, this is transaction that must be kept secret within yourself and myself alone. There is absolutely no time to be wasted in this transaction,a prompt serious and self activness is seriously needed.
Please understand that this transaction is not a compulsion on you. The acceptance of this transaction must be based on your personal desire,willingness & wish.

As you saw in my proposal all i need from you is to assist me in claiming out this fund $8.7m out from bank by standing as the next of kin to our deceased customer(Mr parr t tighe) He is a Jordan citizen , Holder of account number $286-41732-55,but he resident as a foreigner here in this country Burkina - Faso.

However read the mail below and understand more;

A.Your role in this transaction...
1. You shall upkeep a steady communication with me and you shall not delay in affairs and matters concerning this business.

2. You shall keep the secrecy of this business all to yourself alone,even when we must have confirmed this US$8.7M in your bank account,You should avoid discussing this business with people around you and your friends.

3. You shall provide a bank account as to where the US$8.7M will be transferred to and let it be a reliable bank account within your reach.

4. I shall give you a CLAIM LETTER which you shall forward to the bank authorities here in Africa thereby putting an official claim of Inheritance over the account balance that is holding the US$8.7M in the bank.

B.Sharing Benefits
Hence the US$8.7M is confirmed in your bank account, I shall come up to your country to collect my own share of the fund. I have resolved within myself about this sharing, so we shall share the US$8.7M thus;
60% of the fund shall be mine
40% of the fund shall be yours.

C.Information that I needed of you:
You can understand that this is a monetary transaction and as that, we are abound to build trust within ourselves for that ,Please I need these following information from you today,
1. Your occupation
2. Your Marital Status
3. Your Age
4. A copy of your pictuer or International passport.

I have an alternate access to all security files in the bank so also I have all information about the deceased person and his bank account details which we shall claim. The success of this transaction depends solely on the information that we have seconded by how we handle affairs in respect to this business.
I await your urgent response in this regard.

Thanks and remain bless,
Mr.Musa Ahmed
+226 7651 5960. My 24Hours Tel.


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