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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: Odum Paduwa <odum_paduwa198bf@voila.fr>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 03:13:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Assalamu `Alaikum Friend,


 Assalamu `Alaikum Friend,

My Name is Dr Odum Paduwa. I hail from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, West Africa.My reason forcontacting you is to transfer an abandoned $10, 300, 000.00 (Ten Million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars) to your account. The owner of this fund is a foreigner,who died since 2001 with his Next Of Kin.I want to present you to the Bank as the Next of Kin/beneficiary of this fund,since you have the same last name with him, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to your account.


However,I wish to point out that I want 10% of this money be shared among the charity Organizations, while the remaining 90% is shared equally between us. I will use my position as the late customer's account officer to guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.


The intended transaction is entirely risk free and will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and me from any breach of the law.Please if this business proposal offends your moral ethics,do accept my sincere apology.


If on the contrary you wish to achieve this goal with me,kindly get back to me by sending the below information for more clarification and easy communication.


1) Full name.......................... 2) Age.................................3)

Address.........................................

 

4) Occupation..........................5) Telephone number............. 6) Country……………

 

Further details of the transaction shall be forwarded to you as soon as I receive your return

mail.

 

Best regards,

Dr Odum Paduwa




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