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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: "Mr Oumar A" <mr_kalp52@msn.com>
Reply-To: mr_alou333@hotmail.fr
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:52:04 +0000
Subject: Reply as soon as possible !!.

FROM:MR. ALPHA .K. OUMAR,
The Manager,Audit/Account Section
African Development Bank.(A.D.B.)
Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso.


Dear Comrade,


How are you today? Hope all is well. Please be informed that I have decided
to contact you for a fund transfer transaction worth the sum of US$
9,300,000.00 into your reliable bank account as the sole NEXT-OF-KIN to the
foreign deceased customer of our bank (an International Billionaire French
Businessman) who was killed with his entire family by PLANE-CRASH in Central
England atmost 5 years ago. Since his death occured, no body have show up as
his next of kin for the claim because the account is untraceable. Upon the
investigation I carried out from his records, I found out that his foreign
business consultant who would have trace the account died earlier before the
deceased. Therefore, this is a confidential and sealed deal.

For the success of this transaction, you should apply and act as the only
existing NEXT-OF-KIN to the deceased which our bank will replace the
deceased account information through proper documentation in position of
your own account. This transaction is risk-free, it will never harm your
good reputation in your society because no one can trace the account, and on
the instant of the transfer of the fund into your account, the chapter of
this transaction will be closed entirely.
Note that in a business of this nature, the bank dont want to know your
difference between the deceased country, religion or believe because our
bank inheritance law is against that. So, it is a preference for us achieve
this success without any problem.
Please note down that once the fund get transferred into your account, you
will take 39% of the total sum while the rest will be for me as I will
arrange myself down to your country to take my share.

I need your urgent response and include your private telephone/mobile
numbers for easy communication.Please reply if you can be trusted in this
deal.

Thanks,

Mr Alpha K.Oumar,



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