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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: peter justice <peter_justice01@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 15:52:12 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Details about the transaction.


Dear Madras,

Thank you for your sincere willingness to assist me in this transaction. Though it is the act of Allah for me and you to achieve our goal opportunity through this transaction. Thus this transaction must be given all vital attention to make it work for both of us in our corporate interest because i have perfectly arrange it before I contact you. Am glad and this is an opportunity for us as brothers to get the fund into your account and invest the money in big companies for the betterment of our both families.

I want you to work with me following all my instruction to avoid any mistake from your side as to enable us achieve the goal because i have already planned very well for the successful of this deal and without encountering any problem but success. And I will like to clarify you on the total risk free of this transaction and also i assure you that you are not going to violet any law here in Burkina Faso because i am going to guide and direct you.

More importantly, i want you to understand that i have every relevant information regarding this transaction and i promise to forward every information to you on the commencement of this transaction and these information will help to authenticate you as the real next of kin and beneficiary to this inherited fund whenever the bank needed it from you.

i want you provide an account where this fund can be transferred for us and then i will send you a letter of application form which you are going to fill with your bank information to put claim over the fund and i am here to guide you by directing you and also given you instructions to avoid any mistake from your side, from my side i promised you that as an insider i will do every thing possible to make sure the management of the bank approve the payment of this fund in your favour my instructions and directives must have to be carefully and head to avoid mistake.

so please, i want you to have strong mind/heart like me without any atom of fear in your mind, so that we join our brains and mind together as one with understanding to achieve this fund into your account.

Note that i will not fail to inform you that this transaction will required a little expense which two of us is going to incur for it and understand very well that this transaction is confidential because the bank does not know my involvement in this transaction.

on the receipt of your next reply i am going to forward to you the copy of this application which you are going to re-type with your receiving bank information and send to the office of the foreign remittance director of the bank for the processing of the transfer of this fund into your account,

Call me on 00226 78 84 78 89 for more discussion.


Yours Truly,
Peter Justice.


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