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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: Alfatah mujahideen <alfatahmujahideen1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: alfatahmujahiden@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 03:54:54 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: HANDLE THIS INFORMATION IMPORTANTLY AND CALL ME +226 787 62 077






FROM MR ALFATAH MUJAHIDEEN
MANAGER AUDIT AND ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
BANK OF AFRICA( B.O.A )
BURKINAFASO W/AFRICA
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY


HOW ARE YOU TOGETHER WITH YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS?

This message might meet you in utmost surprise. However, it's just my urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction.

I am Mr. Alfatah Mujahideen , Manager Audit Accounting Department BANK OF AFRICA( B.O.A )I would like to know if this proposal will be worth while for your acceptance.
I have a Foreign Customer,Manfred Hoffman from Germany who was an Investor, Crude Oil Merchant and Federal Government Contractor he was a victim with Concord Air Line, flight AF4590 killing 113 peole crashed on 25 July 2000 near Paris leaving a closing balance of Nineteen
Million Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($19.3m) in one of his Private US Dollar Account that was been managed by me as the Customer's Account Officer.

Base on my security report, these funds can be claime without any hitches as no one is aware of the funds and it's closing balance except me and the customer who is (Now Deceased) therefore, I can present you as the Next of Kin and we will work out the modalities for the claiming of the funds in
accordance with the law.

Now,if you are really sure of your trustworthy,accountability and confidentiality on this transaction without dissapointment, contact me through email for further details.i expect your letter.
Besides,it is not authorized by the law guiding our bank for a citizen of Burkina Faso to make the claim of the fund.

If you are interested, Please call me to discuss in further details and Please indicate your willingness by sending me below information for more clarifications our sharing ratio will be 50% for me and 40% for you.while 10% will be for the neccesary expenses that might occur along the line. +226 787 62 077

(1) YOUR FULL NAME................................
(2) YOUR AGE AND SEX............................
(3) YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS..................
(4) YOUR TEL AND FAX NUMBER..............
(5) YOUR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN..................
( 6) YOUR OCCUPATION................................
( 7) COUNTRY RISIDING NOW.....................
(8) MARITAL STATUS.......................
(9) YOUR RELIGION...........................

best regards to you and your family .
Thank you,
Sincerely
Alfatah Mujahideen.

N.B.In other for you to beleive me honestly try and go through this
(website)before you start with me.

Below is the website.
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm



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