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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: tr <tr.mohamed3@gmail.com>
Reply-To: tr_mohamed2007@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:34:16 +0000
Subject: CONFIDENCIAL AND TOP SECRET.


DEAR FRIEND,
CONFIDENCIAL AND TOP SECRET.



I KNOW THAT THIS MAIL WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE. I
AM THE BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER IN BANK OF AFRICA. 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.



WE
NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IN TRANSFERRING THE SUM OF $11.3MILLION
IMMEDIATELY TO YOUR ACCOUNT.THE MONEY HAS BEEN DORMANT FOR MAY YEARS IN
OUR BANK HERE WITHOUT ANY BODY COMING FOR IT.



WE WANT TO RELEASE
THE MONEY 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 AN
AIR CRASH SINCE JULY 2000.



WE DON'T WANT THE MONEY 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 MONEY TO YOU AS THE
NEAREST PERSON TO THE DECEASED CUTOMER.
PLEASE WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO
KEEP THIS PROPOSAL AS A TOP SECRET AND DELETE IF YOU ARE NOT
INTERESTED.



UPON RECEIPT OF YOUR REPLY, I WILL SEND YOU FULL
DETAILS ON HOW THE BUSINESS WILL BE EXECUTED AND ALSO NOTE THAT YOU WILL
HAVE 25% OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED SUM IF YOU AGREE TO TRANSACT THE
BUSINESS WITH US.



TR MOHAMED.



BANK OF AFRICA,BURKINA
FASO-WEST AFRICA

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