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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: alise karim <alise_karim4@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <alise_karim1@myway.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:32:32 +0100
Subject: CONTACT ME FOR MOR INFORMATON



FROM ALISE KARIMDear Friend,I am Alise Karim an execitive staff of Bank of Africa Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.

I want to enquire from you if you can handle this transaction of benefits/life opportunity for you and me.The transaction is about seeking your consent to present you as the next of kin/ beneficiary of the US$9Million belonging to a deased customer in the bank that i work. He died with his family during their vacation journey In that regard.

I solicit your conscent for this prospective opportunity.Have it at the back of your mind, that the transaction does not involve any risk and does not need much engagement from you since i am familiar with this kind of transaction being an insider.

Necessary moderlities will be worked out to enable us carry out the fund claims under a legitimate arrangement.I have resolved to offer you 30% of the total fund, 10% for sundryexpenses that maybe incurred during the process of executing this transaction and 60% percent for me.

I will give you more details about the transaction when I receive your response with the below information about you.

........................................
Your full name-
Phone contact(mobile/fixed)-
Country of origin-
Address-
Age-
Occupation-
.....................................
Your bank name-
Type of account-
Account number-
Bank phone/fax-
.....................................

Thanks in anticipation

Alise Karim
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