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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: "sule mohamed" <sulemohamed6@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: sule_mohamed01@yahoo.ca
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 13:39:35 +0000
Subject: Urgent Reply

DEAR,
I AM MR SULE MOHAMED. BILL AND EXCHANGE A DEPARTMENT OF BANK OF AFRICA(BOA)
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO.
IN MY DEPARTMENT WE DISCOVERED AN ABANDONED SUM OF USD$11.3M( MILLION US.A
DOLLARS). IN AN ACCOUNT THAT BELONGS TO OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMER WHO DIED ALONG
WITH HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN IN THE PLANE CRASH. I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY
OUT OF THE COUNTRY BUT SUCH FUND CAN NOT BE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT A NEXT OF
KIN ATTACHED TO THE FUND. THE FUND COULD BE TRANSFERRED IN THESE WAY;YOU
SHALL PRESENT YOURSELF AS A NEXT OF KIN TO THE DECEASED CUSTOMER.
AS DETAILS SHALL BE THAT YOU ARE THE A NEXT OF KIN TO OUR DECEASED CUSTOMER.
I SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU MATERIALS AND INFORMATION WITH WHICH
ASUCCESSFUL CLAIM SHALL BE PLACED ON THE FUND. I SHALL BE YOUR GUIDIANCEAND
INSTRUCTOR THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THIS TRANSACTION SO AS TO ENSUREA
SWIFT AND SURE TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.AS TO YOUR
BENEFITS, YOU SHALL BE ENTITLED TO 40% OF THIS FUND FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION IN
THIS TRANSACTION WHILE 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR EXPENCES BOTH OF US INCURED
DURING THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION.SO IF YOU ARE INTRESTED, SEND A REPLY
TO ME IMMEDIATELY AND IN YOUR
REPLY PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR [PRIVATE PHONE AND YOUR FAX NUMBERS] URGENCY HAS
TO BE IMPLIED AND THIS BUSINESS MUST STRICTLY BE A DEAL BETWEEN BOTH OF US.

BEST REGARDS,
MR SULE MOHAMED.

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