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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: Aziri Beko <aziribeko1@voila.fr>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:48:09 +0100
Subject: From the Desk of Mr Aziri Beko


From the Desk of Mr Aziri Beko
Bank Of Africa Bank Of Africa Burkina-Faso Ouagadouguo.
Address: C/48 plot 12 Ouaga
Websit: www.bank-of-africa.net
Email: aziribeko1@voila.fr

Dear Friend,



I make this appeal with the understanding that any fact or opinions expressed by me are giving in confidence and solely for your personal information.



I am Mr Aziri Beko the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department of my Bank. In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of USD18.4M, (Eighteen Million, Four Hundred Thousand US Dollars) with account number N°BOA4934109,that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his family in a plane crash on friday,25 December, 2003



The owner of this account is (Mr. George C.Williams from USA ) Who died along with his family in the plane crash since.



FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THIS SITE BELLOW http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD /africa/12/26/benin.crash /index.htmlit.



Therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you and for our bank to release the money to you. You have to follow the instruction which I will send to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and I don't want this money to go into our bank treasury as unclaimed bill.



So this is the reason why i contacted you so that the bank can release this fund to you as the next of kin to the deceased customer.

Please i would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete it if you are not interested.



Upon reception of your reply, I will give you full details on how the business will be executed and also note that you will have 50% of the above mentioned sum if you agree to handle this business with me will be yours.



I look forward to receiving your return mail through this email address (aziribeko1@voila.fr )



(1)Your full name................



(2).Your full residential address........



(3).Nationality)..................................



(4). age...................................



(5).Sex...............................

.

(6).Your occupation....................



(7).Marital Status..............................



.(8).Your private phone and fax number and your complete name.............................



(9).A copy of your photo scanned and sent to me by mail.



As soon as I receive these dates, I will forward to you the application form which you will send to the bank.



Thanks.



Best Regard, Mr Aziri Beko

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