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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: johnson hasan <johnson_hasan3@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <johnson22_h@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:51:36 +0000
Subject: Anxiously waiting for your prompt response.



FROM. Mr Johnson HasanAUDITING AND ACCOUNTING OFFICER. FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT. BANK OF AFRICAN OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO.

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 we never meet, I believe firmly that a true confidence can be born from our communication and thus 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 14 years.

The late customer MR CHRISTAIN EICH 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 $15,000,000 dollar ( FIFTEEN MILLION U.S.A 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 me know 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.
Yours faithfully Mr Johnson Hasan.
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