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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: Andrew Kounda <andrewk47@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <akounda43@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 21:58:49 +0200
Subject: Re: Awaiting Your Email



From:Mr.Andrew Kounda
Banque De L' Habitat Au Burkina Faso.
Dear Beloved,
I presumed that all is well with you and your family. Please let this do not be a surprise proposal to you because I got your contact information from the Internet before decided to contact you on this magintude and lucrative transaction for our future survival in life. Moreover, I have laid all the solemn trust in you before I decided to disclose this successful & confidential transaction to you.
As the Principal accountant of our Bank, I have decided to contact you over this financial transaction worth the sum of €5.5M(Five Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros).This is an abandoned sum that belongs to one of our bank foreign customers who died along with his entire family through plane disaster since few years ago.
Meanwhile I was very fortune to came across the deceased file when I was arranging the old and abandoned customers files in other to sign and submit to the entire Bank management for an official re-documentation and audit.
Be informed clearly that it was stated in our banking rules and regulations which was signed lawfully that if such fund remains unclaimed till the period of 7 years started from the date when the beneficiary died, the money will be transferred into the treasury as an unclaimed fund.
As a honour and advantage bestowed to our foreign customers base on the rules guideing our bank, it was stated obviously that if you are not a Burkina faso citizen, you have the absolute authority to claim the fund despite your differences from the country of origin of the deceased. So the request of you as a foreigner is necessary to apply for the claim and transfer of the fund smoothly into your reliable bank account as the Bonofide heir to the deceased.
PERCENTAGE RATIO:Note that 35% being will be your share in respect of your assistance and account provide for the tranfer, 55% will be my share being the pioneer of the business while the rest 10% will be used to install a joint company in your country which will bear our name in particular and whatever profit made out from this company will be share 50/50.
If you are sure of your trustworthy, accountability and confidentiality on his transaction, contact me and promise that you will not betray or disappoint me when the fund is credited into your account.You should not entertain any fear because I am sure of the success as an insider.
As soon as you reply I will let you know the next step to follow in order to finalize this transaction.Please reply with your private telephone necessary for effective and easy communication .
I expect your urgent communication.
Best Regards,
Mr.Andrew Kounda.
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