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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 Abudu Tomson <abudutomson@gmail.com>
Reply-To: abudutomson39@icqmail.com
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 11:58:10 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: FROM MR.ABUDU TOMSON.


DEAR FRIEND,
COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON TO YOU OVER THERE, I WISH YOU LONGLIVE AND PROSPERITY IN THIS NEW YEAR 2011; I AM THE MANAGER IN THE BILL AND EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIETY GENERAL OF BANKS IN BURKINA (SGBB) HERE IN OUAGADOUGOU THE CAPITAL CITY OF BURKINA FASO. IN MY DEPARTMENT WE DISCOVERED AN ABANDONED SUM OF US$10.5M(TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) IN ACCOUNT THAT BELONG TO THE BANK DECEASED CUSTOMER WHO DIED WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY ALONG WITH HIS SUPPOSE NEXT OF KIN IN A PLANE CRASHED SO THEREFORE,I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE THE MONEY TRANSFER INTO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT.IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, YOU SHOULD GET BACK TO ME.

TRULY YOURS,
MR.ABUDU TOMSON. (SGBB).



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