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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. USMAN GUE" <mr.usmangue45@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:49:21 GMT
Subject: AS SALAM ALAIKUM, CALL ME IMMEDIATELY FOR MORE DISCUSSION:+22679097288.


AS SALAM ALAIKUM.

Peace be upon you and may Allah bless you and your family.



First and foremost, I am Mr Usman Alihou Gue, from Burkina Faso in West Africa, the Audit and Account Manager Group bank of Africa (BOA) Ouagadougou Burkina Faso, My private phone number, +22679097288 Email ((mr.usman_gue@hotmail.fr ) Home address: avenue sennism 24.801-sector 41(sennism) 11 BP 1713 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.



I will be very glad if you do assist me to relocate this sum of ($ 6.2M usd Six Million Two Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) to your personal bank account for the benefit of both of us.



This is a genuine business transaction, only I cannot operate it alone without using a Foreigner as required in my bank law, who will stand before my bank as the beneficiary to this money, which is the reason why I have decided to contact you in this manner, to assist me actualising this business, and also to share the benefit together with me Insha' Allah.



You will be entitled to have 30 % of this money as a foreign partner, since you will provide an account where this money will be transferred to, while 70 % will be for me, by indicating your interest on assurance of trust, I will send you the full details on how this business will be executed.



Please keep this proposal as a top secret between both of us because the secret of this transaction is as well as the success of it, And if you are really sure of your integrity, trustworthy, and confidentiality, reply back to me immediately, and to prove your integrity, please include your particulars as follows. and if you are not interested about the business delete it immediately in your email box.



(1) Your Full names:
(2) Private phone number:
(3) Current residential address:
(4) International passport copy or ID card:
(5) Age:
(6) Sex:
(7) Occupation:
(8) Country of origin:



I will be looking forward for your urgent response.



Regards, in sincerity,

Mr Usman Alihou Gue.

My private contact number: 0022679097288.

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