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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: George Kevin <george-kevin@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: george-kevin80@live.fr
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 06:34:34 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: LET'S DO THIS TRANSACTION


Mr.George Kevin

















Islamic Development Bank

















Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

















( www.isdb.org)

















Tel: +226 70 54 98 80

















 




































Dear
Friend, 

















Please, I want you to read this letter very carefully 
and I must apologize for bringing this message into your mail box
without any formal introduction due to the urgency and confidential of
this issue and I know that this message will come to you as a surprise,
Pls this is not a joke and I will not like you to joke with it. 




































Before
the U.S and Iraqi war our client Mr.Hatem Kamil Abdul Fatah who was a
business man and also an oil supplier to the Republic of Burkina Faso
made a numbered fixed deposit for 18 calendar months, with a total
value of Fifteen million United States Dollars ($m15 000,000) only in
our bank.Upon maturity several notices was sent to him, even during the
war which began in 2003. 




































Again
after the war another notification was sent and still no response came
from him. We later find out that the dceased customer along with his
entire family (wife and children) died in a bomb blast that hit their
home. 




































After
further investigation it was also discovered that the late customer did
not declare his next of kin in his official papers including the
paperwork of his bank deposit.

















 

















 And
he also confided in me the last time he was at my office that no one
except me no other person knew of his deposit in our bank, So I need
your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of($15 000 000) millions
USD into your bank account within 14 working banking days. 




































What bothers me most is that according to the laws of country a Burkinabe cannot come out and claim this fund.

















 I
don't want the money to go into our Bank treasury as an abandoned fund.
Therefore this is the reason why I contacted you so that our bank will
release this money to you as the next of kin to the deceased customer. 




































Please I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete it if you are not

















interested.

















 

















Upon
the receipt of your reply and indication of your capability, I will
give you full details on how the business will be executed and also
note that you will have 40% of the above mentioned sum if you agree to
handle this business with me while 60% will be for me. 




































I don't want anyone here in our bank to know my involvement until you confirm this fund into your account and ask me to
come over for the sharing as indicated. 




































Then
after I will retire from our bank and come over to you contry
for disbursement acconding to the percentage indicated. therefore to
enable the immediate transfer of this fund toyou as arranged, you must
apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased,
Please, don't entertain any atom of fear because the transaction is
100% risk free. 




































Be
rest assured that I will provide all the necessary information which
the bank may require from you during the process to make sure
everything goes well and fast. 




































Best Regards 

















Mr. George Kevin



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