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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: "laddi omar00" <laddi_omar00@latinmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 10:23:36 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: PLEASE REPLY SOON.


I AM MR.LADDI OMAR.I WORK WITH THE BILL & EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT OF AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK(ADB) OUAGADOUGOU ANNEX OFFICE, BURKINA FASO.I HAVE A BUSINESS WHICH WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO BOTH OF US. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY INVOLVED IS ($11.2 MILLION US DOLLARS) WHICH I WANT TO TRANSFER OUT OF THE COUNTRY TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. THIS MONEY IS OWNED BY A MAN CALLED KURT KAHLE A GERMAN BUSINESS MAN . http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm HE DIED ON MONDAY, THE 31 OF JULY 2001 IN A PLANE CRASH BUT NO CLAIM HAS BEEN MADE AS HE LEFT NO ONE BEHIND TO PLACE A CLAIM ON HIS BANK ACCOUNT BALANCE AS HIS NEXT OF KIN. THESE FUNDS CANNOT BE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT A NEXT OF KIN BEEN INTRODUCED OFFICIALLY.

THE PROCESSING STARTS BY PRESENTING YOURSELF AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO LATE [KURT KAHLE]. I SHALL SEND TO YOU A TEXT OF APPLICATION FORM WITH WHICH YOU CAN APPLY TO THE BANK AS HIS NEXT OF KIN. I WILL MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU ALL USEFUL INFORMATIONS WITH WHICH A SUCCESSFUL CLAIM SHALL BE PLACED ON THESE FUNDS. I WILL BE GUIDING YOU THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THIS TRANSACTION SO AS TO ENSURE A SMOOTH AND RISK FREE TRANSFER OF THESE FUNDS INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, LIKE PROVIDING YOU WITH THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONAIRE YOU WILL RECIEVE FROM THE BANK WHEN YOUR APPLICATION IS RECIEVED BY THE BANK. YOU SHALL BE ENTITLED TO 40% OF THESE FUNDS FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION AND ACCEPTANCE WHILE 10% WILL ACT AS COMPENSATION FOR THE SOFT EXPENSES YOU WILL INCURE IN THE PROCESS OF CONSUMATING THIS TRANSACTION. SEND ME A REPLY ON RECIEPT OF THIS EMAIL THROUGH ladi_omar00@hotmail.com URGENCY HAS TO BE IMPLIED AND DO PROMISE ME OF KEEPING EVERYTHING CONCERNING THIS TRANSACTION STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND AS A TOP SECRET FOR TWO WORKING WEEKS NEEDED TO CONCLUDE WITH EVERYTHING.

BEST REGARDS,

LADDI OMAR.

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