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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 Konate Daouda <konatedaouda@omail.hu>
Reply-To: konatedaouda@blumail.org
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:43:12 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Your Response Is Needed Urgently !!!




FROM MR KONATE DAOUDA

MANAGER AUDIT AND ACCOUNTANCY DEPARTMENT,

BANK OF AFRICA ''BOA''.

ATTN:- DEAR,



HOW ARE YOU? HOPE FINE, MEANWHILE, I AM MR KONATE DAOUDA THE MANAGER OF AUDIT AND ACCOUNTANCY DEPARTMENT BANK OF AFRICA (BOA) OUAGA, BE WEST AFRICA. I AM CONTACTING YOU FOR AN URGENT BUSINESS TRANSACTION.



THERE IS AN ACCOUNT OPEN IN THIS BANK IN 1999 AND SINCE 2001 NOBODY HAS OPERATED ON THIS ACCOUNT AGAIN. AFTER GOING THROUGH SOME OLD FILES IN THE RECORDS, I DISCOVERED THAT IF I DO NOT REMIT THIS MONEY OUT URGENTLY, IT WOULD BE FORFEITED FOR NOTHING.



THE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT IS MR. SMITH B. ANDREAS, A FOREIGNER, AND A MINER AT KRUEGER GOLD COMPANY, A GEOLOGIST BY PROFESSION AND HE DIED SINCE 2000.



NO OTHER PERSON KNOWS THIS ACCOUNT OR ANYTHING CONCERNING THE FUND,THE ACCOUNT HAS NO OTHER BENEFICIARY AND MY INVESTIGATION PROVED TO ME AS WELL THAT THIS COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ACCOUNT AND THE MONEY INVOLVED IS SEVEN MILLION

THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS $7,300,000.00 MILLION ONLY.



I AM ONLY CONTACTING YOU AS A FOREIGNER BECAUSE THIS MONEY CANNOT BE APPROVED TO A LOCAL BANK HERE IN BURKINA FASO, BUT CAN ONLY BE APPROVED TO ANY FOREIGN ACCOUNT BECAUSE THE MONEY IS IN UNITED STATES DOLLARS AND THE FORMER OWNER MR. SMITH B. ANDREAS IS A FOREIGNER TOO.



I KNOW THAT THIS MESSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS SURPRISE AS WE DON'T KNOW OURSELVES BEFORE. MY DEAR, BE SURE THAT THIS IS A REAL AND GENUINE BUSINESS TRANSACTION.



I NEED YOUR FULL CO-OPERATION TO MAKE THIS WORK FINE BECAUSE THE MANAGEMENT IS READY TO APPROVE THIS PAYMENT TO ANY FOREIGNER WHO HAS CORRECT INFORMATION OF THIS ACCOUNT, WHICH I WILL GIVE TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU INDICATE YOUR SINCERITY TO CO-OPERATE WITH ME,

AND CAPABILITY TO HANDLE SUCH AMOUNT IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND TRUST ACCORDING TO MY INSTRUCTION AND ADVICE FOR OUR MUTUAL BENEFIT BECAUSE THIS OPPORTUNITY MAY NEVER COME AGAIN IN MY LIFE.



I ALSO NEED A TRUTHFUL AND GOD FEARING PERSON IN THIS BUSINESS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO MAKE A MISTAKE SO I NEED YOUR STRONG ASSURANCE AND TRUST WITH MY POSITION IN THE OFFICE I DON'T WANT ANYTHING THAT WILL JEOPARDIZE MY JOB SO I ADVICE THAT WE SHOULD MAKE SECRECY AND CONFIDENTIALITY OUR PRIMARY WORKING CONDITION, BEARING IN MIND THAT I AM A PUBLIC SERVANT.



MEANWHILE I REQUEST ON YOUR RETURN MAIL, KINDLY SEND YOUR DATA'S

INFORMATION BELOW:



1. YOUR FULL NAME

2. YOUR ADDRESS

3. YOUR REAL OCCUPATION

4. YOUR NATIONALITY

6. DIRECT MOBILE NUMBER

7. YOUR AGE

8. YOUR AGENDER

9. A COPY OF YOUR PASSPORT OR DRIVER'S LICENCE:



I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR EARLIEST REPLY.



YOURS SINCERELY,



MR KONATE DAOUDA



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