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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: abbey jamaru <abbeyjamaru39@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <a_jamaru@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 19:04:29 +0000
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE HIGHLY NEEDED



MR. ABBEY JAMARU. BANK OF AFRICA BANK (B.O.A) OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO, WEST AFRICA. DEAR FRIEND, I KNOW THAT THIS MESSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE. MY NAME IS MR ABBEY JAMARU. I AM A SECRETARY OF FOREIGN REMITTANCE DIRECTOR BOA BANK HERE IN OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO. IT IS MY WISH TO SOLICIT YOUR ASSISTANCE IN A BUSINESS TRANSACTION THAT WILL BE OF BENEFIT TO OUR BOTH FAMILIES. DURING OUR INVESTIGATION AND AUDITING IN OUR BANK FOR THE END OF THE YEAR 2006, MY DEPARTMENT CAME ACROSS A VERY HUGE SUM OF MONEY (25.6$)MILLION BELONGING TO A DECEASED CUSTOMER OF THE BANK WHO DIED ALONG WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY ON 26TH OF DEC 2000, IN A PLANE CRASH DISASTER. IN COTONUE BENIN REPUBLIC I DON'T WANT THE MONEY TO GO INTO OUR BANK TREASURER AS AN ABANDONED FUND. SO THIS IS THE REASON WHY I CONTACTED YOU SO THAT THE BANK CAN RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THE DECEASED CUSTOMER. PLEASE I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KEEP THIS PROPOSAL AS A TOP SECRET AND DELETE IT IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED. UPON RECEIPT OF YOUR REPLY, I WILL GIVE YOU FULL DETAILS ON HOW THE BUSINESS WILL BE EXECUTED AND ALSO NOTE THAT YOU WILL HAVE 35% OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED SUM IF YOU AGREE TO HANDLE THIS BUSINESS WITH ME. BEST REGARD. MR. ABBEY JAMARU.
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