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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: "Frank Kabore" <frankxkabore18@gmail.com>
Reply-To: frankxxkabore@sify.com
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:36:50 +0000
Subject: DEAR FRIEND.


DEAR FRIEND,

I HAVE A PROPOSAL FOR YOU, I KNOW THAT THIS MAIL WILL COME TO YOU AS A
SURPRISE AS WE NEVER MET BEFORE,THIS HOWEVER IS NOT MANDATORY NOR WILL
I IN ANY MANNER COMPEL YOU TO HONOR AGAINST YOUR WILL.IT'S JUST MY
URGENT NEED FOR FOREIGN PARTNER THAT MADE ME TO CONTACT YOU FOR THIS
TRANSACTION. I AM BANKER BY PROFESSION FROM BURKINA FASO IN WEST
AFRICA AND CURRENTLY HOLDING THE POST OF CHIEF ACCOUNTANT IN MY BANK
(B.O.A) BURKINA FASO.

I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF TRANSFERRING THE LEFT OVER FUNDS
(US$10.1MILLION) OF ONE OF OUR BANK CLIENT WHO WAS AMONG THE
CASUALTIES THAT DIED ALONG WITH HIS WIFE IN SHARM EL-SHEIKH BOMBING
DURING THEIR HOLIDAY VACATION IN EGYPT ON SATURDAY JULY 23, 2005.

YOU CAN VIEW THE SITE TO READ MORE ON THE NEWS:
http://goafrica.about.com/b/2005/07/23/bomb-blasts-in-sharm-el-sheikh-egypt.htm

HENCE, I AM INVITING YOU FOR A BUSINESS DEAL WHERE THIS MONEY CAN BE
SHARED BETWEEN US IN THE RATIO OF 50/40/ 10% FOR ANY INCOME EXPENSES
THAT WILL OCCURE DURING THE TRANSFER, IF YOU AGREE TO MY BUSINESS
PROPOSAL, FURTHER DETAILS OF THE TRANSFER WILL BE FORWARDED TO YOU AS
SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR RETURN MAIL. KINDLY REPLY ME ON MY E-MAIL
ACCOUNT FOR FURTHER EXPLAINATION.

REGARDS,
FRANK KABORE.

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