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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: Buba Ouedo <mr_bubaouedo055@hotmail.fr>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:25:42 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM BUBA OUEDO


Dear Friend
 
Greetings
 
How are you doing with your family? hope fine,i know this message will come to you as surpprise, please pay attention and understand my reason of contacting you today through this email, my name is Buba Ouedo, bill and exchange manager in bank of africa Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso, during an audit In my department i discovered an abounded sum of 15.5 Million Us Dollars that belongs to our late Mr.Morris Thompson, an american prominent man who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska airlines flight 261,  which crashed on January 31st 2003.
 
I desperately need your assistance to secure and move this huge sums of money left behind by my late client to the tune of $15.500.000,(Fiftheen Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) out from bank of Africa Ouagadougou Burkina-Baso to your own account, he executed contract through department of work and housing here in ouagadougou burkina-faso and the mentioned money above is his money left in our bank before his death.
 
Meanwhile, for your smoothness of this transaction, i will offer you 30% of the total sum for your co-operation in this matter. if you know that you are interested and capable to handle this business transaction, come up with the information's showed below:-
                             1.     Your full name:
                             2.     Your full home/office address:
                             3.     Your contact cell phone number:
                             4.     Your age:
                             5.     Your sex/status:
                             6.     Your occupation:
                             7.     Your country and city:
                             8.     A copy of your passport size  photograph:
                             9.Your bank account information.
As soon as possible all these information's is submitted to me, i will immediately buy and draft an emergency application form with all your information's and send back to you, so that you will proceed with the transaction by sending the form to (BOA) bank for the transferring of this fund into your account.
 
Yours faithfully,
Buba Ouedo.



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