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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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Fraud email example:

From: daniel karim <danielkarim_4@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <danielkarim@hotmail.fr>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 13:35:23 +0200
Subject: FOREIGN PARTNER



Dear Friend,
I am Mr DANIEL KARIM. Bill And Exchange Manager at AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE BANK Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso in West Africa. Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise. I have decided to contact you on a project that will be very beneficiary both of us at the end. During our auditing in this Bank, my department came across some amount of money belonging to a deceased costumer late Mr. Ali Bin Rachid, a Lebanese Who died on Plane crash on 25th of December 2003 with his entire families in Cotonou (Republic Of Benin).
The fund has been dormant in his account with this Bank without any claim of the fund. As indicated in our banking guidelines, this bank cannot release this unless somebody applies for it as his or her next of kin but unfortunately we learnt that all his nearest next of kin who is imposition to claim this money is died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim

The said amount was $ 11.5m US dollars (Eleven Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) and the management of this bank has conclude that after this year 2007 if there is no claim over the fund, The money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund. I don’t want this money to go into the Bank treasury account. i want to transfer this money out of the country and All the whole arrangement to put your claim over this fund as the Bona fide next of kin to the deceased, has been put in place and directives will be relayed to you as soon as you indicate your interest and willingness to assist me and also benefit your self to this great business opportunity.
This transaction is 100% risk free and the request of foreigner in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkina-be cannot stand as next of kin to the foreigners.

I agree that the 30 % of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account. 10 % will be set aside for expenses incurred during the transaction and the remaining 60 % would be for me and my colleagues. There after I will visit your country for subsequent sharing according to the percentages indicated.

Please you have been advised to keep "top secret" as I am still in service and intend to retire from service after I conclude this deal with you. I will fly down to your country for further investment which will be discussed. I intend to established a manufacturing company in your country and also imports a Drugs(Medicines) back to my country. On your acceptance to be my partner please email for a brief discussion before we proceed. Please keep this proposal secret, even if you don’t want to assist me.

THANKS
Yours faithfully,
MR DANIEL KARIM
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