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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: "yakubu amed" <yakubu_amed030@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: yakubu_amed2007@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:53:24 +0000
Subject: waiting for urgent reply

FROM THE FOREIGN OPERATION MANAGER:
BANK OF AFRICA B.O.A BURKINA FASO
AVENUE NKRUMA P.O. BOX 421 OUAGADOUGOU


GREETINGS

MY NAME IS DR YAKUBU THE MANAGER,CREDIT AND FOREIGN BILLS OF BANK OF AFRICA
B.O.A BURKINA FASO WEST AFRICA.

AM WRITTING IN RESPECT OF A FOREIGN CUSTOMER OF OUR BANK WITH ACCOUNT NUMBER
908-14-255-144 Dahlig, Mitchell A FOREIGNER IN MY COUNTRY BURKINA FASO
WHOSE COUNTRY IS UNKNOWN BY MY BANK HE DIED IN PLANE CRASH (KOREAN AIR
FLIGHT 801) WITH WHOLE PASSENGER ONBOARDON AUGUST 6,1997. AND FOR YOUR
PERSUAL YOU CAN VIEW THIS WEBSITE.

Ref: http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list

SINCE THE DEATH OF THIS CUSTOMER, I PERSONALLY I HAVE WATCH WITH KIND
INTEREST TO SEE THE NEXT OF KIN BUT ALL HAS PROVE ABORTIVE AS NO ONE HAS
COME TO CLAIM HIS FUND OF 18.5M(EIGHTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDREDED THOUSAND U.S
DOLLAR)ONLY.WHICH HAS BEEN WITH OUR BRANCH FOR A VERY LONG TIME.ON THIS
NOTE,I DECIDED TO SEEK FOR WHOM HIS NAME WILL BE USE AS THE NEXT OF KIN AS
NO ONE COME UP AS HIS NEXT OF KIN.

THE BANKING RULES HERE DOES NOT ALLOW SUCH MONEY TO STAY MORE THAN TEN
YEARS, ECAUSE THE MONEY WILL BE RECALL TO THE BANK TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED
FUND AFTER THIS PERIOD.

IN VIEW OF THIS I GOT YOUR CONTACT THROUGH A TRADE JOURNAL WHEN I WAS MAKING
A RESEARCH ON A FOREIGNER I WILL USE IN THIS THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY,FOR
YOUR
ASSISTANT I AM WILLING TO GIVE TWENTY PERCENT 20% OF THE TOTAL SUM.UPON THE
RECEIPT OF YOUR RESPONSE,I WILL SEND YOU BY FAX OR EMAIL THE DETAIL
INFORMATION ON WHICH YOU WILL FILL AND SIGN AND SEND BACK TO ME TO HELP
YOU SUBMITE TO OUR BANK FOR THE PROCESSING OF THE FUND.

I WILL NOT FAIL TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT THIS BUSINESS IS HITCH FREE AND
THAT YOU SHOULD NOT ENTERTAIN ANY ATOM OF FEAR AS ALL MODALITIES FOR THE
SMOOTH AND FAIR OF THE EASY TRANSFER OF THIS FUND HAS BEEN FINALIZED BY ME
HERE.
THIS TRANSACTION WILL BE COMPLETED WITHIN (7) SEVEN WORKING DAYS OF
RECIEVING YOUR FULL RESPONSE,AFTER YOU HAVE APPLY AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THE
DECEASE CUSTOMER.

WHEN YOU RECIEVE THIS MAIL KINDLY REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS(
yakubu_amed2007@yahoo.co.uk ) AND INCLUDE YOUR TE/FAX NUMBER FOR QUICK
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ME AND YOU.

YOURS SINCERELY

DR YAKUBU AMED
MANAGER

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