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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: taraore rahab <taraorerahab0014@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <traorerahab@ubbi.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:45:06 +0000
Subject: =?windows-1256?Q?I_AWHAIT_YOUR_PROMPT_RESPONSE****=FE=FE=FE?=



Mr TRAORE RAHAB.Ouagadougou-Burkina Faso.Telephone:00226 78 84 80 19. GOOD DAY, This letter was borne out of my desire to establish a bussiness relationship with you . I am Mr TRAORE RAHAB, personal/financial adviser to Mr NAM AKAY,who died as the result of heart related condition on the 11 November 2001,His heart condition was due to the death of all the members of his family in the Gulf Air Flight Crashes,in Persian Gulf near Bahrain Aired August 23 2000 P.M.ETas repoted ,on :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Air_Flight and since then i have tried to establish contact with any member of his extended family but this has been difficult as he left no clue to trace them,Given this suitation at hand which has made it impossible for me to handover his assets, as a matter of urgence the security company here has called me to let me know that he has an account deposit balance of $40.9 million United states dollars($40.9m) with them of which given to the financial law of the country if the account is not claimed in 5 years,the fund in the account will be confiscated. I was therefore asked to present a beneficiary to the fund ,since i was late Mr NAM AKAY personal/financial adviser.I therefore ask for your help to retransfer this fund into your bank account as to be forwarded by you to late Mr NAM AKAY bank,here since there is no record of a next of kin to the said fund. N"B Note that every arrangement has been made to that effect and there is no risk involved All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from many breach of the law. If this business proposition offends your moral values, do accept my apology.I need your absolute confidentiality and for you to follow my instructions to ensure success,You will be given a 25% of the total fund for your effort in securing and transfering of this fund,to your account or nogotiable percentage as you may wish from the transaction. I must use this opportunity to implore you to exercise the utmost indulgence to keep this matter extraordinary confidential, whatever your decision while I await your prompt response for more details.Please indicate your personal tel/fax numbers when replying. I look forward to hear from you. Please do call or reply me .Regards, Mr TRAORE RAHAB.Ouagadougou-Burkina Faso.Telephone:00226 78 84 80 19 .
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