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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: "Mrs.Mariam Degeh" <mrs.mdegeh@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsmariamdegeh@sify.com
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:57:35 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: PLEASE REPLY ME IMMEDIATELY.






Assalam-O-Alakum!!!

 

Dear Friend,

 

I am interested in your partnership in business dealing. This
business proposal I wish to intimate you with is of mutual benefit and its
success is entirely based on mutual trust, cooperation and a high level of
confidentiality as regard this transaction.

 


Firstly, I am MRS. MARIAM DEGEH; Manager of bill and exchange at
the foreign remittance department of Bank of Africa (BOA) Ouagadougou, Burkina
Faso. I would like you to indicate your interest to receive the transfer of
US$27.2 Million. I will like you to stand as a next of kin to my late client
(MR.PAUL LOUIS from Paris, France) who died along with His entire family in 6th
December 2003 in
a plane crash.


 

Please, visit the website below for more information about the
Plane Crash and the tragic death of the deceased and his entire family, Late
MR. PAUL LOUIS : http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/4537663.stm

 

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting
his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it
unless somebody applies for as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately we learnt that all his
supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash
leaving nobody behind for the claim.

 

The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money
remained unclaimed after Eight to Nine years an above, the money will be
transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund. I agree that 40 % of this
money will be for you as foreign partner in respect to the provision of a
foreign account, and while 60 %would be for me.

 

There after I will visit your country for disbursement according
to the percentages indicated. Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of
this fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relations or
next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account
number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective
communication and location where the money will be remitted. Upon receipt of
your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application.I
will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch free and
that you should no entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have
been made for the transfer.

 

I will not fail to bring to your notice this transaction is
hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required
Arrangements have been made for the transfer, please treat this business with
utmost confidentiality and you should contact me immediately as soon as you
receive

this letter.

 

Please make sure you keep this transaction as your top secret and
make it confidential till we receive the fund into the account that you will
provide to the Bank. Don't disclose it to any body, because the secrecy of this
transaction is as well as the success of it.

 

I am waiting to hear from you urgently.

   

Yours faithfully,

MRS.MARIAM DEGEH





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