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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: "Mr.gassama.Nank" <gassama.nank00@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:38:05 +0100 (BST)
Subject: FROM MR .GASSAMA NANK.


FROM MR .GASSAMA  NANK.
 ISLAMIC BANK OF AFRICA (I S B.O.A)
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO,
WEST AFRICA
 
 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   GASSAMA  NANK ,  working   at  the FOREIGN  REMITTANCE  department  ISLAMIC  BANK  OF AFRICA HERE  IN OUAGADOUGOU  BURKINA FASO  as a  staff . 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 ($15)million USA dollars   in  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 I notice  , 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  they   will share  it among them self’s without    letting the  junior  staffs  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  as partner  while 10% will  be  for any little expenses  both of  us  will  make during the  processing  of the money   by  our bank and 50%  will be for me  as  the  initiator  to this   business . 
 
When  they bank   process your application approved the fund to you and transfer to your account  before  we  start  sharing the money  you and I  have  to deduct  the little expenses we made    during the  processing of the  fund  by our  bank  before  we  share the money  according to our  percentages  which I indicated  here above.
 
I am expecting  your urgent mail and call.
 
Thanks.
 MR GASSAMA  NANK  
+226 78  22 77 95


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