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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.Aburi Mark" <aburi@sify.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:35:45 GMT
Subject: Reply Urgently

àéReply Urgently
Please Read And Confidential,
Greeting to you,
I know that this message will come as a surprise to you, since we don’t know each other, but pay attention and understand my reason of contacting you through this via email, for the purpose of introduction I am (Dr.Aburi Mark) and I am Credit and audits manager in our bank of Africa Development Bank Ouagadougou Burkina Faso (A.D.B) Also I Hoped that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that I am about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our both families.
My purpose of contacting you is because my status would not permit me to do this alone
I have a business proposal in the tune of $5.5m, (Five Million Five hundred Thousand United State Dollars only)Now I want you to help me secure this fund to your account,after the successful transfer; we shall share in ratio of 40% for you and 60% for me.

Finally, Should you be interested to help me out secure this Golding opportunity, please get back to me urgently and I will prefer you to reach me on my private phone number and email address below and after that I shall provide you with more details and on how we operate this project, and Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.

Please treat this business with utmost confidentiality and send me the Following:

(1) Full names:
(2) Private phone number:
(3) Current residential address:
(4) Occupation:
(5) Age and Sex:
Kind Regards,
Dr.Aburi Mark
Call me for more information
Tel: +226-78-88-17-30
 

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