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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: "abu yahaya" <abuyahaya018@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: abuyahaya2@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:46:51 +0000
Subject: Urgent and Confidential


FROM THE OFFICE OF MR ABU YAHAYA
THE CHIEF AUDITOR INCHARGE
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB)
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO
WEST AFRICA. on+ 22675145555.

Dear Partner

I presumed that all is well with you and your family. Please let this do not
be a surprise proposal to you because i got your contact information from
the international directory in few weeks ago before i decided to contact you
on this magnitude and lucrative transaction for our future survival in life.
Moreover, i have laid all the solemn trust in you before i decided to
disclose this successful & confidential transaction to you.

I, MR ABU YAHAYA THE CHIEF AUDITOR INCHARGE OF FOREIGN REMITTANCE UNIT of
our bank and i have had the intent to contact you over this financial
transaction worth the sum of NINETEEN MILLION, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED
STATES DOLLARS ($19,300,000.00 ) for our success. This is an abandoned sum
that belongs to one of our bank foreign customers who died along with his
entire family through plane crash disaster since few years ago. Meanwhile i
was very fortune to came across the deceased file when i was arranging the
old and abandoned customers files in other to sign and submit to the entire
bank management for an official re-documentation and audit of the year
against 2008.

Be informed clearly that it was stated in our banking rules and regulations
which was signed lawfully that if such fund remains unclaimed till the
period of 5 years started from the date when the beneficiary died, the money
will be transferred into the treasury as an unclaimed fund. As an honor and
advantage bestowed to our foreign customers base on the rules guiding our
bank, it was stated obviously that if you are not a Burkina Faso citizen,
you have the absolute authority to claim the fund hence you are a foreigner
despite your differences from the country of origin of the deceased. So the
request of you as a foreigner is necessary to apply for the claim and
transfer of the fund smoothly into your reliable bank account as the NEXT OF
KIN OR EXTENDED RELATIVE to the deceased.

On the transfer of this fund into your account, { 39% }being (
US$7,527,000.00) will be your share in respect of the account provision and
your assistance rendered during the transfer of the fund into your bank
account,{ 52% } being (US$10,036,000.00) will be my share being the
coordinator of the transaction while the rest { 9% } being (US$1,737,000.00)
will be shared to the respectable Organizations Centers such as Charity
Organization, Motherless Babies homes, and helpless disabled people in the
World.

If you are really sure of your trustworthy, accountability and
confidentiality on his transaction, contact me and agree that you will not
change your mind to cheat or disappoint me when the fund have getting into
your account. Besides you should not entertain any fear because i am sure of
the success as an insider in the bank ok.. Please reply with the assurance,
include your private telephone and fax numbers necessary for facilitate an
easy communication in this transaction. As soon as you reply, so that i will
let you know the next step to follow in order to finalize this transaction
immediately. I expect your urgent communication .

(FILL THIS FORM BELLOW PLEASE AND RESEND IT TO ME).

1) Your Full Name:-........... ...........................

2) Your Age:-.......................... ......................

3) Marital Status:-...................... ...................

4) Your Cell Phone Number:-..........................

5) Your Fax Number:-......................................

6) Your Country:-.............................................

7) Your Occupation:-................... ....................

8) Sex:-.............................................................

9) Your Religion:-...............................................

10) Your Private E-mail Adress..........................

Yours sincerely
MR ABU YAHAYA

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