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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: Ibrahim Togola <ibrahim_togola@y7mail.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:40:03 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: I NEED YOUR URGENT RESPOND.



FROM THE DESK OF MR.  IBRAHIM TOGOLA.
MANAGER,AUDITING AND
ACCOUNTING
DEPARTMENT,             
BANK OF AFRICA ,
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA
FASO,
WEST AFRICA.
 
Dear friend,
 
My name is (MR
IBRAHIM
TOGOLA) am the manager of auditing and accounting department Bank of
African,I
need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of ($15.2m
usd)fifteen
million, two hundred thousand us dollars immediately to your
account.This is an
abandoned fund that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died
along with
his entire family in a planecrash in december 2007.

Meanwhile, it
was
very fortunate for me to come across the deceased file when I was
arranging the
old and abandoned customers files in other to sign and submit to the
entire bank
management an official re-documentation and to the law imposed by the
British
Prime Minister Gordon Brown said in World Press Confrerence on Tuesday 6

december 2005 at 12:18 GMT.For more information about the prime Minister

decision on dormant accounts
visit:
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4017381.stm

Audit
of
the year against 2006.informed clearly that it was stated in our Foreign
banking
rules and regulations which was signed lawfully that if such fund
remains
unclaimed till the period of 3 years started from the date when the
beneficiary
died, the money will be transferred into the Goverment treasury as an
unclaimed
fund.
However, it is not authorized by the rules guiding our bank for
a
citizen of Burkina Faso to make the claim of the fund unless you are a
foreigner, no matter the country you come from.

So the request of
you as
a foreigner is necessary to apply for the claim and transfer of the fund

smoothly into your reliable bank account as the next of kin to the
deceased.And
am assuring you that this bussines deal is hundred percent risk free.
After

the end of the business, We shall agree that { 40% } Fourty Percent will
be for
you in respect of all your assistance for this transaction and { 10% }
Will be
for the incurred expenses that will be made, then { 50% } Fifty Percent
will be
for me being the pioneer of the business . If you are really sure of
your, Trust
worthyness, Accountability and confidentiality on this transaction,
contact me
and accept not to change your mind to cheat, or disappoint me when the
deposited
funds is released to you by our bank. So reply for the assurance with
this
necessary informations to facilitate an easy communication.
 
Full

Name:................................................................
Address:..................................................................
Occupation........................................................
Age.............................................................
Sex.................................................................
Telephone number
:.................................................
Country
:...............................................................

reply
me
As soon as possible so that i will let you know the next steps and
procedures to
follow in order to finalize this transaction immediately,
I expect
your
urgent reply.
 
Yours brotherly,
Mr.Ibrahim Togola




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