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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: David Zuma <mrdavidzumaz@gmail.com>
Reply-To: davidzuma49@voila.fr
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:32:42 -0800 (PST)
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE.


FROM THE DESK OF MR DAVID ZUMA
AUDITS & ACCOUNTS DEPT
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.

Greetings,

I am contacting you independently of my investigation and no one is informed of this communication. I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of $11.3million immediately to your private account.The money has been here in our Bank lying dormant for nine good years now without anybody coming for the claim of it.
 
I want to release the money to you as the relative to Mrs.Joyce Lake (the account owner) who died on a long with her Mr.Ronald Lake Alaska Airlines Flight No. 261, which crashed on January 31 2000

After further investigation, it was discovered that she died without making a WILL and all attempts to trace her next of kin proved fruitless.On further investigation, it was discovered that Late Mrs.Joyce Lake, did not declare any next of kin or relatives in all her official documents, including her Bank Deposit paper here in our Bank.The total sum, ($11,300,000.00) is still here in our bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. All efforts to trace and locate her next of kin proved abortive.

In accordance with the country's banking laws and constitution guiding this banking institution stated that after the expiration of 10 years, if no body or person comes for the claim as the next of kin , such money will be revert to the Burkina Faso government treasury if nobody applies as the next of Kin to claim of the fund. Consequently, It is upon this respect, I seek to present you as a foreign partner to stand in as the next of kin to the late Mrs.Joyce Lake, since no one will come up for the claim.

The reason for a foreigner in the business is for the fact that the deceased woman was a foreigner and it is not authorized by the law guiding our Bank for a citizen of this country to make such claim. this is the reason while the request of you as a foreigner is necessary to apply for the release and transfer of the fund smoothly into your reliable Bank account. I got your contact through the Internet when I was making a research for a foreigner that I will use in this great opportunity because I don't want this money to be recalled to our Bank treasury as unclaimed fund.

Many Banks in Africa use to confiscate a lot of foreigners money in there various Banks after the fund lying dormant for years. I agreed that 40% of this money will be for you as my foreign partner, while 60% will be for me. Please be honest to me and trust is our watchword in this transaction. This transaction will undergo normal Banking procedures of transferring inheritance fund and if you are really sure of your integrity, trustworthy and confidentiality, and accept not to cheat or disappoint me after this business, reply with your.

Your Full Name:
Your Sex:
Your Age:
Your Country:
Your Address:
Marital Status:
Your Occupation:
Your Personal Mobile Number:

As soon as i receive your positive respond i will send you the text of application which you will use to apply in my bank as next of kin. Please delete if you are not interested.


Regards,
Mr. David Zuma,
Audits & Accounts Manger.




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