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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: "boly ummah" <boly_ummah@icelandibfa.info>
Reply-To: boly_ummah0@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:58:47 +0000
Subject: Urgent reply for more details


*FROM THE DESK OF MR.BOLY UMMAH.
DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF AUDITING
AND ACCOUNTING SECTION
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO,
WEST AFRICA.
Direct Tel.phone:00 226 78 34 79 67 . *
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**STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL *
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*Dear Friend,*
*
I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise as we never met
before. I am the Director in charge of Auditing section of Bank of
African(B.O.A), I Hoped that you will not expose or betray this trust and
confident that I am about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our
both families. I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of
Twenty-Two Million And Six Hundred Thousand united state dollars ($22.600
000mUSD).

Immediately to your account. The money has been dormant (in-active) for
10 years in our Bank here without any body coming for it.

I want to release the fund to you as the nearest person to our deceased
customer (the owner of the account) who died a long with his supposed next
of kin in air crash since on February 16,1998. I don't want the fund to go
into our Bank treasury as an abandoned fund, so this is the reason why I
contacted you, so that my Bank will release the fund to you as the nearest
person to the deceased customer.

Please I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete it
if you are not interested.Upon receipt of your reply, I will send you The
application letter you will fill and send to the bank for transfer of the
fund into your bank account and also note that you will have 40% of the
above mentioned amount if you agree to help me execute this business. And
also 10 % had been mapped out for you for the expense you will make in this
transaction and 50% is for me. I need you information so that I will send
you the application letter.
YOUR FULL INFORMATIONS
YOUR NAME....................
YOUR HOME ADDRESSES..........
CITY.........................
COUNTRY......................
HOME TELEPHONE...............
PRIVATE TELEPHONE............
FAX NO.......................
MARITAL STATUS...............
AGE..........................
OCCUPATION...................
RELIGION.....................

Waiting for your urgent call + 226 78 34 79 67 so that we will starts
immediately.


Best Regards,

MR.BOLY UMMAH.
(B.O.A) BANK OF AFRICA.
<boly_ummah@yahoo.fr>*

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