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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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Fraud email example:

From: Fatima amos <kevenbf@voila.fr>
Reply-To: famosbf@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:05:05 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Hello




Hello
I work with a bank In West Africa,Burkina faso .I have a business
transaction for you.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of $30 Million US
Dollars .In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who
died along with his entire family in car bomb in Iraq.
Since his supposed next of kin died along side with him at the Bomb
blast,there is nobody to claim the left over balance in the account.It
is therefore upon this discovery that I and other officials in my
department decided to seek your assistance and present you to the bank
as his Next of kin.
Can you be able and capable to assist me by providing me with your
receiving bank account where this fund will lodge in your favor,
or will you be able to come down here to my bank here in Ouagadougou,
Burkina faso to claim this fund as the next of kin,
hence the deceased owner died living nobody as the beneficiary.
If you accept i would give you the guide lines of how we can achieve
this transfer of the balance ($30 Million Us Dollars) .
I shall give you 40% of the total sum as soon as this fund hits
your account or as you come here  to calim it  ,and I shall visit you
in your country for the shearing. Please this is very confidential.
If you are interested, please forward me the bellow
information's;
Your name:
Your country:
Bank name and address
phone Number:
Your Tel/fax:
Your age:
Your occupation:
Thank for your anticipated co-operation
Contact me through this email idfamosbf@gmail.comBest RegardsMs Fatima Amos



 




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