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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: "manibako08 Gazeta.pl" <manibako08@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: manibako03@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:25:08 +0000
Subject: Mani Bako, ASSISTANCE NEEDED


*Good Day, I am Mr.Mani Bako, Secretary to the Senior Credit Officer of
BANK OF AFRICA (BOA) here in Burkina Faso.Here is a 100% concealed and
mutually profitable business proposal for you. After the United States and
Iraqi war, our client Hatem Kamil Abdul Fatah who was the deputy governor of
Baghdad in Iraq and also business man made a numbered a deposit with a value
of ($20.5M) TWENTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS only in our
Bank here in Burkina Faso. We later found out that the Deputy Governor has
been assasinated in Baghdad.The websites below is a proof and verification
of the news about his death:

**http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/3970619.stm*<http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/3970619.stm>
*http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=6979*<http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=6979>
*
After further investigation, it was also discovered that Hatem Kamil Abdul
Fatah did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the
paper work of the fund. And he also confided in me the last time he was at
my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank. So,
TWENTY MILLION
FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS is still lying in my bank and no one will
ever come forward to claim it. I will like you as a neutral person to stand
in as the next of kin to Hatem Kamil Abdul Fatah so that you will be able to
receive his funds with my assistance as the insider.

I want you to know that I have had everything planned out and i have done
all the underground work of this business so that we come out successful.

All that is required from you now is for you to provide me with your Full
Names and Address so that i can fix in your name as the NEXT OF KIN and send
you an application letter which you will fill in and forward to the bank for
the claim. There are no risks involved in the matter, in as much as you
follow up my instructions and directives as an insider, we will achieve our
aim.

Once the fund have been transferred to your nominated bank account we shall
share in the ratio of 60% for me, 30% for you and 10% for any expenses
incurred during the course of this operation.If you are interested, please
send me your private phone and fax numbers for easy communication,and i will
provide you with more details of this transaction.

PLEASE RESPOND TO ME IMMEDIATELY.

Regards,
Mr.Mani Bako.*

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