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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: James Dapoya <jdapoya001@web.de>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:31:27 +0200
Subject: Hello




Hello

I am the head of Accounts and Audit Department of Bank of Africa,Ouagadoug=
ou.Burkina faso .i decided to contact you after a careful thought that you=
may be capable of handling this business transaction which i explained be=
low;=20

In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of $10.5m US dollars (Ten =
million, five hundred thousand US dollars). In an account that belongs to =
one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family in 1998 =
in a plane crash. Since we got information about his death, we have been e=
xpecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we canno=
t release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to =
the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately we l=
earnt that his supposed next of kin(his son and wife) died alongside with =
him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim .It is therefor=
e upon this discovery that I and other officials in my depart ment now dec=
ided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as=
the next of kin (We want to present you as his busines asociate )to the d=
eceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for =
it and we don't want this money to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed =
Bill.=20

Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to your account as=
arranged,you must apply first to the bank as next of kin of the deceased =
customer.Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email th=
e text of the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that th=
is transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any atom of=
fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.=20

I expect that you to contact me for more details immediately you receive t=
his letter.thruogh my private email address jdapoya@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:jd=
apoya@yahoo.co.uk] for us to discus to the shearing ration.=20

Hoping to hear from you immediately.=20

Yours faithfully,


James Dapoya
Accounts & Audit Department ,
Bank of Africa=20

Nb.also give me your telephone and fax numbers for easy comunication with =
you.


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