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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: "musa tunde" <musa_tunde_3@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: musa_tunde4real@myway.com
Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 15:15:35 +0000
Subject: RE URGENT REPLY




FROM. DR MUSA TUNDE
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING OFFICER.
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
(BIB) BANK OF AFRICAN OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO.

My private telephone number ( 00226-70-39-86-89 )

All the pleasure is for me to write this message to you in order to request
your invaluable partnership for the realization of a very important business
which must be treated in greatest discretion.

I consequently ask you to take note, without you to astonish by the choice
which I carry on your person by seizing this happy opportunity to make
contact of you.

I ask you from the start to excuse yourselves for all the nuisances which my
mail could have caused you. But same if we do not know each other personally
and that wenever meet, I believe firmly that a true confidence can be born
from our communication and this support a true partnership between you and
me.

I am officer in-charge of auditing and accounting in bank of Africa in the
foreign remittance department here in Burkina Faso, I have be working in
this banking institution for more than 11years.

The late customer MR ANDREAS SCHRAMMER was appointed ambassador to New York
in 1993 to 1999; and a Minister for businesses and foreign affair in its
country. He was a member influencing in the mediation of the relations
between the United States and Iraq in the years 1980.

It found death on Friday July 5, 2003 at New York in the centre
commemorative of cancer of Sloan-Kettering of the continuation of a crisis
cardiac.

During my investigation in the bank I discover that the deceased customer
deposited the sum of$49,850,000 dollar (forty nine million eight hundred an
fifty thousand dollars) And I notice in the file that during the deposition
of this money with the bank he did not indicate is true next of kin to the
board of directors in is paper work with the bank of Africa, after all
intensive routing investigation I find out that no body have ever come to
put claim for the released of this money.

It is upon this I am now seizing the privilege and opportunity to contact
you as to apply to the bank as a relative to the deceased customer.

As a foreign partner which this money will be transfer into you account, you
are entitle to 40% of the total money why 55% will be for me as the
moderator of this transaction and 5% is been mapped out for measeallanouse
expenditure that may be incur during the course of this transaction.

I will urge you to go through this proposal properly and let meknow if you
are willing to accord me this assistance for us to achieved this golden
opportunity for the betterment of our life, I also want to let you know that
this transaction is 100% risk free there is nothing for you to be afraid
off, all loophole have been properly taking care before contacting you.

Anxiously waiting for your prompt response ro your call TEL 00226
-70-39-86-89.

Yours faithfully
DR MUSA TUNDE

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