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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.Malik Ali" <dr.malik_ali@one.co.il>
Reply-To: dr.malik_ali103@voila.fr
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 07:19:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: HOW CAN I TRUST YOU?




>From The Desk Of .Dr.Malik Ali. Bill And Exchange Manager.BANK OF AFRICA(B.O.A)Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso. West Africa.For More Information PleaseContact Me On My Private Number:+226 79189503 And Email Address:dr.malik_ali101@voila.fr

PLANE CRASH WEB SITE
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html
( "REMITTANCE OF $ 7 SEVEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS U.S.A
CONFIDENTIAL IS THE CASE")

Compliment Of The Season,

When i was searching for a foreign partner i assured of your capability andreliability to champion this businees opportunity when i prayed to God or Allahabout you.In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of $ 7 million U.S.Adollars ( SEVEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS U.S.A dollars Only) . In anaccount that belongs to one of our foreign customer MR SALLA KHATIF who diedalong with his entire family on (friday december 25TH,2003)in a plane crash.Since we got information about his death,

We have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money becausewe cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relationto the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines, but unfortunately welearnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him atthe plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon thisdiscovery that I and one official in my department now decided to make thisbusinness proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin orrelation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody iscoming for it and we dont want this money to go into the bank treasury asunclaimed bill. The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if suchmoney remained unclamed after five years, the money will be transfered into theBank treasury as unclaimed fund.

The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned bythefact that the customer was a foreigner, and a Burkinabe cannot stand as nextof kin to a foreigner. We agree that 40% of this money will be for you asforeign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10 % will beset aside for expenses incured during the business and 50 % would be for me,Therefore after I and my family will visit you in your country for disbursementaccording to the percentages indicated.

Therefore to enable the immediate trnansfer of this fund to you as arranged,you must apply first to the bank as relations or next of kin of the deceasedindicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone andfax number for easy and effective communication and location where the moneywill be remitted.Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or emailthe text of the application I will not fail to bring to your notice that thistransaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear asall required arrangements have been made for the transfer.

Your Full Name............................................?
Your Sex......................................................?
Your Age.....................................................?
Your Country...............................................?
Your Occupation..........................................?
Your Personal Mobile/ Fax N°.....................?

You should contact me on my number:+226 79189503 immediately with thoseinformations i need from you,for me to process the text of application for youto apply to the bank. for more Information Please contact me on my privateEmail Address: dr.malik_ali101@voila.fr
Yours faithfully,
Dr.Malik Ali.

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