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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: "salim_kazim8 Gazeta.pl" <salim_kazim8@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: salim_kazim70@yahoo.fr
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 15:19:48 +0200
Subject: REPLY IMMEDIATELY IS VERY URGENT,


FROM THE OFFICE OF Mr.SALIM KAZIM.
THE CHIEF AUDITOR INCHARGE,
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB).
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO.
WEST AFRICA. (TEL:-+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 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.SALIM KAZIM, 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 THIRTEEN MILLION, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED
STATES DOLLARS ($13,300,000.00 ) for our success.Th is 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 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, { 41% } will be your share
in respect of the account provision and your assistance rendered during the
transfer of the fund into your bank account,{ 50% } will be my share being
the codinator of the transaction while the rest { 9% } 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 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 , call me
through my private telephone number 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)YourFull 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...........

*POST SCRITUM:*You have to keep everything secret as to enable the
transfer to move very smoothly in to the account you will prove to the
bank.As you finished reading this letter call me immediately so that we
discuss very well over this busines



Yours sincerely,

Mr.SALIM KAZIM.

*.*

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