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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: "dr.malik_ali1@universia.cl" <malik_7@mail.mn>
Reply-To: dr.malik_ali1@universia.cl
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:59:05 +0200
Subject: HOW CAN I TRUST YOU?


>From The Desk Of .Dr.Malik Ali. Bill And Exchange Manager.
BANK OF AFRICA Bank B.O.A.Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso.
West Africa.This is my private Number.00226 78840883.
Contact Me On My Private Email Add:
*dr.malik_ali3@universia.cl*<dr.malik_ali3@universia.cl>







PLANE CRASH WEB SITE
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html

( "REMITTANCE OF $7 SEVEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS U.S.A
CONFIDENTIAL IS THE CASE")
Compliment Of The Season,





On a very good day. I am ( DR.MALIK ALI) Manager Of BILL And Exchange in
bank of africa (BOA).I got your contact from a Yahoo google Search.





When i was searching for a foreign partner i assured of your capability and
reliability to champion this businees opportunity when i prayed to God or
Allah about you.In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of $ 7
million U.S.A dollars ( SEVEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS U.S.A dollars
Only) . In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer MR SALLA
KHATIF who died along with his entire family on (friday december
25TH,2003)in a plane crash. Since we got information about his death,





We have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money
because we cannot 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 learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died
alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I and one official in my department
now decided to make this businness proposal to you and release the money to
you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent
disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we dont want this money to go
into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill. The Banking law and guideline
here stipulates that if such money remained unclamed after five years, the
money will be transfered into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund.



The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by
the fact that the customer was a foreigner, and a Burkinabe cannot stand as
next of kin to a foreigner. We agree that 40% of this money will be for you
as foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10 %
will be set aside for expenses incured during the business and 50 % would be
for me, Therefore after I and my family will visit you in your country for
disbursement according to the percentages indicated.





Therefore to enable the immediate trnansfer of this fund to you as arranged,
you must apply first to the bank as relations or next of kin of the deceased
indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone
and fax number for easy and effective communication and location where the
money will be remitted.Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax
or email the text of the application I will not fail to bring to your notice
that this transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any
atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the
transfer.






Your Full Name................................?





Your Sex..........................................?



Your Age...........................................?



Your Country.....................................?



Marital Status.....................................?



Your Occupation.................................?



Your Personal Mobile N°......................?



Your Personal Fax N°..........................?



You should contact me on my number 00226 78840883. immediately as soon as
you receive this letter.And reply me with this E.MAIL: *
dr.malik_ali3@universia.cl* <dr.malik_ali3@universia.cl> immediately with
those informations i need from you, for me to process the text of
application for you to apply to the bank.



Yours faithfully,


Dr.Malik AlI

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