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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: Abdul Sahid <abdulsahid002@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 07:37:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU??



Mr Abdul Sahid.
Accounting and auditing department
 Bank of
africa (B.O.A) Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso.
 
Hello ,
 
This mail might come to you as a surprise and the temptation to ignore it
as unserious could come into your mind but please consider it a divine wish and
accept it with a deep sense of humility.
 
I am Mr Abdul Sahid the manager in charge of  Accounting and Auditing 
department of    Bank of africa  (B.O.A) with due respect and Regard, I have
decided to contact you on a business transaction that will be very beneficial to
both of us at the end of the transaction.
 
 During our investigation and auditing in this Bank, my department came
across a very huge sum of money belonging to one of our deceased customer who
died on Feb 29th 2000 of a ghastly motor accident and the fund has been dormant
in his account with this bank without any claim of the fund in our Custody
either from his family or relation before our discovery to this development.
Although personally,
 
And keep this information secret to enable the whole plans and idea be
Profitable and successful during the time of execution, the  amount is thief million six hundred thousand United States
dollars(US$12.6m), as it may interest you to know,
 
 I contacted you to be my partner and person to be reliable and capable to
champion a business of such magnitude without any problem. so we can commence
all arrangements and I Will give you more  information on how we would handle
this project. and also note that you will have 40% of the above mentioned sum if
you agree to handle this business with me. And 60%  for me .  
Please treat this business with utmost confidentiality and send me
the
Following: 
 

1) Your full name.
2) Phone, fax and mobile.
3) Company name,
position and address.
4) Profession, age and marital status.
 
Thanks
Regards
Mr Abdul Sahid.




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