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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:
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "my direct line" (a "direct line" in a scam usually means an untraceable mobile phone number used by a scammer in an internet cafe, a redirection service number that forwards to a mobile or a free voicemailbox in a different country.)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr.Aziz Issa" <azizissa101@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:14:50 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From Mr.Aziz Issa (B.O.A)Bank
From Mr.Aziz Issa (B.O.A)Bank
Islamic Bank Of Africa
Ouagadougou Burkina-Fosa
West Ariend
My Direct Line:(+226) 78-22-77-95
Dear Friend,
COMPLIMENT OF THE DAY.
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise because you don't know me before but I believe this transaction will bring us together like family in future .
I am Mr.Aziz Issa, the manager of froeign remittance department Islamic Bank of africa here in Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso . I Hope that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that I am about to rely on you for the mutual benefit of our both families.
I need your urgent assistance in assisting me for a claim of ($10.5)million USA dollars from our bank to your account within 14 banking days . This money has been dormant for years in our Bank without claim. I want you to stand as the business partner to the deceased customer of our bank whom deposited this money in our bank before his sudden death . He died along with his wife on a motor accident since 2006 on their way travelling to our Formal Capital City Called Bob Dioulasso .
The bank wants this money to be transferred to the central bank treasuries account as unclaimed fund , but I don't want the money to go into our central Bank treasurer account as abandoned fund because if the money is transferred to the central bank treasuries account the will share it among them self's without letting the junior once to know about it.
So this is the reason why I contacted you so that the bank will receive your application and noted that you are his business partner and start the processing immediately to you with the best of my information I will be giving you to enable they entire bank management believe you as his business partner and approved the fund to you for the transfer to your account after the processing of your application which the will receive I will send to you to apply.
Upon receipt of your reply , I will give you full details on how the business will be executed also take note that you will have 40% of the above mentioned sum if you agree to handle this business with me while 10% will be for any little expenses both of us made during the processing by our bank and 50% will be for me as the initiator to this business .
I am expecting your urgent mail and call:(+226) 78-22-77-95
Thanks.
Mr.Aziz Issa
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