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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: hamara bello <hamara_bello055@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <hamara_bello_01@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 12:43:30 +0000
Subject: INVESTMENT RESPONSE.



FROM THE DESK OF MR. HAMARA BELLO.BANK OF AFRICA( B.O.A)OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA FASO.WEST AFRICAN. Dear Friend, I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department in the Bank Of Africa (B.O.A). In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of US$30m dollars (THIRTY MILLION US DOLLARS) in an account that belongs to one of our foreigncustomer (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich, Germany) who died along with his entire family in December 2000 in a plane crash. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THIS SITE BELOW.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless some body applies for itas next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking gildings and laws but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money toyou as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the banktreasury as unclaimed bill. The banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after six years, the money will be transferred into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. Therequest of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision of a foreign account , 10% willbe set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60% would be for me Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicatedTherefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location where in the money will be remitted. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application .I will not fail to bring to your notice this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for thetransfer. You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter. Trusting to hear from you immediately. Yours Faithfully, MR. HAMARA BELLO.BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGERBANK OF AFRICA( B.O.A).

INVESTMENT RESPONSE.
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