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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: amjad 2 <amjad.2@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <jadcentral@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:25:49 +0100
Subject: KINDLY READ/PRIVATE



My good friend,I wish you all the best in life,and may the allmighty father supply you all that you need in life.I searched for a friends name who have lived in my country years back,i couldent get it and i got yours implace of his,please i appologise if this mail might be an embarracement to you,kindly ignore the contents of my explanation if you are not intrested.I am Amjad Fadi,44years old,i have a wife a three children,i hail from kotenga state in Burkina-faso of west Africa.I am a noble banker with Bank of Africa(BOA)and my department is foreign remittance.I discovered an uncliamed fund of us$.9m,and the owner was involved in 2000 plane crash with family,then i went through his account file and discovered that he did not indicate the name of his next of kin,who is the one authorised by banking ethics to make the cliams if the case arises.right now i am in custody of the file untill i confirm if am to fill your name at the vacuum as the next of kin,then i will link you to the bank to apply for the fund officially,there are no risk involved for i will give you all authentic information needed for this claims from the oroginal file.As soon as the fund gets into your account i will come over to your country for the sharing according to my suggested percentage which might be ammended according to your financial imput.For you:30percent for expensis 10percent and 40percent will be for me for my effort and contacting you,yes we shall do some legal expensis as protocol demands but i dont know how much it will cost.please if you are not financially boyant kindly decline from this offer as i will make a fresh contact.but if you are capable adult or youth kindly give me the informations below for i will use it to arrange an application which you will send to the bank.full name..............................country of origin......................age....................................address................................occupation.............................mobile line(private)...................bank name..............................address................................account type...........................account number.........................bank phone/fax......................... thanksAmjad Fadi
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