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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: ali 2006musa <ali_2006musa@yahoo.ca>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:06:56 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Thanks for your mail




Dear Madras House,

Thanks for your mail which I just received with the contents well understood. I want to

assure you that there is no risk in this transaction , the reason why I contacted you in this transaction is because our late customer Mr Angelo Mammoliti is a foreigner and an indigene of (Burkinabe) can not stand as next of kin to our deceased customer unless a foreigner.But for now I want you to be following up every process that I will be giving you so that we can acheive this aim.

I want you to assure me of your capability of handling this transfer with trust by giving me the following informations about yourself:
1) Your age.
2) Your occupation.
3) Your location and your full contact address.
Base on this I will advise you to feel free all is well, I studied this transaction very well before contacting you for assistance. Well, having served this bank for so many years now and nearing my retirement I deem it necessary to utilise this opportunity of the present unclaimed sum of money in the account sent inconjuction with the first proposal I sent to you to help myself and my familys after my retirement through the investment I will establish in your country with my percentage in the transaction.

There is no doubt about your eligibility as the legal next of kin to our deceased customer and owner of the account number BOA-1036-086, with the following reasons: (a)Before the death of our deceased customer his true next of kin was not indicated to the board of directors of the bank because of the top secrecy and confidentiality of the transactions which our late customer transacted with the various governments in West Africa. (b)Owning to his failure to indicate his next of kin to the officials of the bank, it is therefore impossible for the board of directors of the bank to verify the next of kin as well as the true heritor of the fund.

(c)And for the above reasons the managements of the bank authorised me officially as the executive manager, AUDTITING AND ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT of the bank to verify the next of kin to our deceased customer. Therefore, the bank will always abide by my official directions through the official authorisation bestowed on me. And for this reasons you have nothing to fear as your interest and identity will be legally protected. More so, the only information?s required from you by the bank is your banking datas as contained in the official application which I will give you to send to our bank after your immediate response because the receipt of your application is the commencement of the official process of this transaction.

Now I will like to use this opportunity to tell you the detail information's concerning our deceased customer. The deceased account holder with our bank was Mr. ANGELO MAMMOLITI, FROM CANADA National who naturalised here in Burkina Faso for (16) years. He held account number BOA-1036-086, with our bank. He died in Kenya air ways that crashed at Abidjan with his family at as I stated in my first mail. Since his death, this account has been dormant and nobody has applied to our bank for the release of this money to him or her as the next of kin.

As the auditing and accounting Manager of this bank, I have studied this transaction very carefully and I have noted that there are no risks involved. I am here to protect all your interests in this transaction until this money hits your account. Since I am here I shall be giving you all the developmental information from the bank as soon as this transaction commences. I know that you will not disappoint me when this money enters your account, I have all my hope in this transaction because I shall soon go on retirement.

I am a simple banker whose credibility is still intact and with my maturity and understanding, I promise to give you the best co-operation. We must hurry up with this transaction so that our bank and the government shall not claim and inherit this money because it has over-stayed. After the bank have approve your application as next of kin to our late customer I will fly down your country for investment with my own share, but I will advise you to keep it as a top secret because no body again new about this transaction except you and I. Here is my private line Waiting to hear from you urgently,
ALI musa


Thanks for your mail which I just received with the contents well understood. I want to

assure you that there is no risk in this transaction , the reason why I contacted you in this transaction is because our late customer Mr Angelo Mammoliti is a foreigner and an indigene of (Burkinabe) can not stand as next of kin to our deceased customer unless a foreigner.But for now I want you to be following up every process that I will be giving you so that we can acheive this aim.

I want you to assure me of your capability of handling this transfer with trust by giving me the following informations about yourself:
1) Your age.
2) Your occupation.
3) Your location and your full contact address.
Base on this I will advise you to feel free all is well, I studied this transaction very well before contacting you for assistance. Well, having served this bank for so many years now and nearing my retirement I deem it necessary to utilise this opportunity of the present unclaimed sum of money in the account sent inconjuction with the first proposal I sent to you to help myself and my familys after my retirement through the investment I will establish in your country with my percentage in the transaction.

There is no doubt about your eligibility as the legal next of kin to our deceased customer and owner of the account number BOA-1036-086, with the following reasons: (a)Before the death of our deceased customer his true next of kin was not indicated to the board of directors of the bank because of the top secrecy and confidentiality of the transactions which our late customer transacted with the various governments in West Africa. (b)Owning to his failure to indicate his next of kin to the officials of the bank, it is therefore impossible for the board of directors of the bank to verify the next of kin as well as the true heritor of the fund.

(c)And for the above reasons the managements of the bank authorised me officially as the executive manager, AUDTITING AND ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT of the bank to verify the next of kin to our deceased customer. Therefore, the bank will always abide by my official directions through the official authorisation bestowed on me. And for this reasons you have nothing to fear as your interest and identity will be legally protected. More so, the only information?s required from you by the bank is your banking datas as contained in the official application which I will give you to send to our bank after your immediate response because the receipt of your application is the commencement of the official process of this transaction.

Now I will like to use this opportunity to tell you the detail information's concerning our deceased customer. The deceased account holder with our bank was Mr. ANGELO MAMMOLITI, FROM CANADA National who naturalised here in Burkina Faso for (16) years. He held account number BOA-1036-086, with our bank. He died in Kenya air ways that crashed at Abidjan with his family at as I stated in my first mail. Since his death, this account has been dormant and nobody has applied to our bank for the release of this money to him or her as the next of kin.

As the auditing and accounting Manager of this bank, I have studied this transaction very carefully and I have noted that there are no risks involved. I am here to protect all your interests in this transaction until this money hits your account. Since I am here I shall be giving you all the developmental information from the bank as soon as this transaction commences. I know that you will not disappoint me when this money enters your account, I have all my hope in this transaction because I shall soon go on retirement.

I am a simple banker whose credibility is still intact and with my maturity and understanding, I promise to give you the best co-operation. We must hurry up with this transaction so that our bank and the government shall not claim and inherit this money because it has over-stayed. After the bank have approve your application as next of kin to our late customer I will fly down your country for investment with my own share, but I will advise you to keep it as a top secret because no body again new about this transaction except you and I. Here is my private line Waiting to hear from you urgently,

ALI musa


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