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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: "Ahmed Kabore" <ahmed.kabore16@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ahmedkabore@hotmail.fr
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:16:51 +0000
Subject: Dearest Friend,


Dearest Friend,



Greetings,



First, I must solicit for your confidence in this transaction; this is by
virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential. Thought I know that a
transaction of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried but
I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the deal. I have
decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.



Let me start by introducing myself properly to you, I am MR AHMED KABORE a
staff of AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AFDB) OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO. The
proposition is this, EGN RUEBEN WILLIAMS a foreigner who was a gold
merchant/contractor who met his death in automobile accident along
expressway Ouagadougou – Bobo Dioulasso. He banked with us at (AFDB) annex
here in Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso and had a closing balance as at the end of
September 2004 worth ($14,000.000.00) {Fourteen Million United State
Dollars} The bank now expects a next of kin as beneficiary and valuable
efforts have been made by (AFDB) bank to get in touch with any of his family
or relatives but to no success.



It is because of the perceived possibility of not being able to locate any
of the late depositor next of kin (He had no wife or children that is known
to us) and base upon this discovery, we have decided to make this business
proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation
to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is
coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as
unclaimed funds.



The bank law and guidelines here stipulates that, if such money remained
unclaimed after five years, the money will be transferred into the bank's
treasury as unclaimed funds, the request for a foreigner as next of kin is
occasioned by the fact that, the late depositor was a foreigner and so an
indigene cannot stand as the next of kin. In order to avert this
development, some of my trusted colleagues and I now seek your permission to
have you stand as the next of kin to the late depositor so that the fund
($14,000.000.00) {Fourteen Million United State Dollars} will be released
and paid to you as the beneficiary next of kin. All the documents and proves
to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out on your acceptance
to partake in this transaction.



My colleagues and I in my department have secured from probate an order
mandamus to locate any of the declared beneficiary next of kin and more so I
am assuring you that, this business is 100% risk free. We have agreed to
give you a percentage of the total sum for your assistance and rest of the
money will be for my colleagues and I for investment purposes in your
country under your guidance according to the agreement reached by both
parties. Meanwhile, your percentage share shall be 30% with respect to the
provision of a foreign account, 10% has been set aside for any expenses we
might incur while the remaining 60% will be for my colleagues and I.



As soon as we acknowledge receipt of your acceptance of this business
proposal, we would furnish you with the necessary steps to take beginning
with the text of application form which you shall fill and forward to the
bank AFDB for scrutiny and approval. Please if this is acceptable by you, do
not make undue of the trust I have bestowed in you.

Best Regards,

AHMED KABORE.

(AFDB)AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ANNEX

OUAGADOUGOU, B.F , BURKINA FASO

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