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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: "Dr.Bakar Abu" <dr.bakarabu1@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: dr.bakarabu@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 02:24:04 -0800
Subject: Golden opportunity Transfer of $28,million immediately to your private bank account As Next Of Kin.

Golden opportunity Transfer of $28,million immediately to your private bank account As Next Of Kin.
 
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
 
{$28 Million united state dollars} immediately to your private bank account.
 
The money has been here in our Bank lying dormant for eight good years now without anybody coming for the claim of it.
 
I want to release the money to you as the relative to Mr. Andreas Schranner (the account owner) who died a long with his supposed Next of Kin since 31 July
 
2002.
Upon Maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from
 
his company that Mr. Andreas Schranner was aboard the AF4590 plane, which crashed Monday, 31 July 2002 into the Hotelissimo.
 
After further investigation, it was discovered that he died without making a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin proved fruitless.
 
The Banking laws here does not allow such money to stay more than 9 years,because the money will be recalled to the Bank treasury account as unclaimed fund.
 
By indicating your interest I will send you the full details on how the business will be executed.Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is
 
required. If this interests you, I want to remind you of the confidentiality of this Transaction at hand whatever your decision is.
 
After transferring the sum of $28 Million united state dollars immediately in to your private bank account.
 
The money will be shared in the ratio: 50% percent for me, 45% percent for you and 5% percent for any arising contingencies during the Course of this
 
transaction. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, as I will use my position
 
in the Bank's here to perfect this business transaction & secure approvals and guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.
 
I await your urgent response. Your detailed reply should contain your telephone,Mobile and fax numbers with your full name for easier communication for an  
 
onward proceeding.
 
Please bear in mind this is not risk,is free business transaction
 
Thanks.
Dr.Bakar Abu.
Audits & Accounts Manger,
Email/dr.bakarabu@yahoo.com
TELL +226-76-71-85-81.

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