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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: mostafa_ayaya33 <mostafa_ayaya33@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: dr_mostafa07@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:17:48 +0000
Subject: PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL


* Dr Mostafa Ayaya
Bill And Exchange Manager
Bank Of Africa
Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso

Dear,
PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
I am Dr Mostafa Ayaya,bill and exchange manager,foreign remittance
department of Bank Of Africa Ouagadougou Burkina Faso. I have a business
which will be beneficial to both of us. The amount of money involved is
$22.5.000000.00USD(twentytwo.five Million United States Dollars) which I
want to transfer out of the country to your bank account, all to my
financial benefit and yours too.This money is owned by a man called MR SALLA
KHATIF ,a Lebanees who was involved in the december 26th 2003 Benin plane
crash in West Africa. Here is the air crash Website onfiltered lick below
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html

He died four years ago and since then no claim has been placed on his bank
account balance. I want to transfer this money out of the country but such
fund can not be transferred without a next of kin attached to the fund. The
fund could be transferred in this way; you shall present yourself as
business associates to the deceased person MR SALLA KHATIF as details shall
be that you are the care-taker business associates to MR SALLA KHATIF and
his properties.

I shall make available to you materials and information with which a
successful claim shall be placed on the fund. I shall be your guidance and
instructor throughout the duration of this transaction so as to ensure a
swift and sure transfer of the fund to your bank account. As to your
benefits, you shall be entitled to 40% of this fund for your co-operation in
this transaction while 5% will be set aside for expenses both of us incurred
during the course of this transaction.

So if you are interested, send a reply to me immediately and in your reply
please include the following:
1.your Age
2.your sex
3.your occupation
4.your country
5.Phone number,

I will be waiting to hear from you as soon as you indicate your interest to
assist me in this transaction

Best regards,
Dr Mostafa Ayaya
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**NB/ AS YOU CAN SEE BELOW IS THE PHOTOGRAPH OF MR SALLA* * KHATIF AND THE
BANK DIRECTOR'S DURING ONE OF HIS VISIT TO THE BANK (BOA) WHEN HE WAS ALIVE.
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