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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. ezizat aziz." <ezizataziz@hotmail.fr>
Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 22:19:24 GMT
Subject: I expect your urgent conclusive mail and response.

FROM THE DESK OF MR EZIZAT AZIZ
THE CHIEF AUDITOR IN CHARGE OF FOREIGN
REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT, BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)

Dear Partner,

I presumed that all is well with you and your family despite anything. Please let this do not be a surprise proposal to you also because, I got your contact and also information from the international directory few weeks ago before I now decided to contact you on this magnitude and lucrative transaction, for our future survival in life. Moreover, I have laid all the solemn trust in you before I decided to disclose this successful & confidential transaction to you.

I am MR EZIZAT AZIZ THE CHIEF AUDITOR INCHARGE OF THE FOREIGN REMITTANCE UNIT of our bank and I have the intention to contact you over this financial transaction worth of USD$13.7M ( THIRTEEN MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S.A DOLLARS ) for our successful transfer. This is an abandoned sum that belongs to one of our bank foreign customers who died along with his entire family through plane crash disaster since few years ago. Meanwhile I was very fortune to came 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 for an official re-documentation and audit of the year against 2008.

Be informed clearly that it was stated in our banking rules and regulations which was signed lawfully that if such fund remains unclaimed till the period of 5 years started from the date when the beneficiary died, the money will be transferred into the treasury as an unclaimed fund. As an honour and advantage bestowed to our foreign customers base on the rules guiding our bank, it was stated obviously that If you are not a Burkina-Faso citizen, you have the absolute authority to claim the fund hence you are a foreigner despite your differences from the country of origin of the deceased.

So the request of you as a foreigner is very necessary to apply for the claim and transfer of the said fund smoothly into your reliable bank account as the NEXT OF KIN OR EXTENDED RELATIVE to the deceased. On the transfer of this into your account, (30%) will be your share in respect of the account provision and your assistance rendered during the transfer of the said fund into your bank account, (60%) will be my own share being the co-ordinator of this transaction while the rest (10%) will be shared to the respectable organisation centres such as Charity Organisation, Motherless Babies homes and helpless disabled people in the world.

If you are really and very sure of your trustworthy, accountability and also confidentiality on this transaction, then contact me and agree that you will not change your mind to cheat or disappoint me when the fund hits your account. Besides you should not entertain any kind of fear because I am very sure of the success as an insider in the bank. Should you be interested, please contact me through my private email; (
ezizataziz@hotmail.fr so we can commence all arrangements while I will then give you more information's on how we would handle this fund transfer and project. Please reply me with this assurance, come up with the information's showed below: -

1) YOUR FULL NAME.....................................
2) YOUR AGE....................................................
3) MARITAL STATUSES.................................
4) YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER................
5) YOUR FAX NUMBER...................................
6) YOUR COUNTRY..........................................
7) YOUR OCCUPATION...................................
8) SEX..................................................................
9) YOUR RELIGION............................................
10) YOUR PRIVATE E-MAIL ADDRESS........

I expect your urgent conclusive mail and response.  

Yours sincerely,

MR EZIZAT AZIZ.
 
 
 

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