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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: "Mr Kazim Buba" <kazimbuba@unimail.mn>
Reply-To: k_buba2007@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:11:18 +0200
Subject: WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY.


FROM THE DESK OF KAZIM BUBA.
MANAGER AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING
DEPARTMENT BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)
OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO.
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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 magintude 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 AM MR. KAZIM BUBA. 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 ofUSD$18.3M(EIGHTEEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED
THOUSAND U.S.A DOLLARS), 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. You may read more about the crash on visiting this C.N.N News
internet website below.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html**<http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/>

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 2007.

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 honour and advantage bestowed to our foreign customers base on the
rules guideing 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, {30%} will be your share in
respect of the account provision and your assistance rendered during the
transfer of the fund into your bank account,{60% } will be my share being
the codinator of the transaction while the rest {10%} being will be shared
to the respectable Organisations Centers such as Charity Organisation,
Motherless Babies homes, and helpless disabled people in the World.

If you are really sure of your trustworthy, accountability and
confidentiality on his ransaction, 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, Should you be interested, please
contact me So we can commence all arrangements and I Will give you more
information on how we would handle this project. Please reply with the
assurance, come up with the information's showed below:-

*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.......*

I expect your urgent MAIL.
Yours sincerely,
MR KAZIM BUBA.

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