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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. Oman Beko" <oman_beko40@mail.mn>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:24:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear Friend.

















Dear Friend. 

I am writing this letter to you with due respect and much sincerity of this purpose as I believed that you can be of great assistance to me. My name is Oman Beko citizen of Republic of Burkina Faso West Africa . I am the Bill and Exchange manager in AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (A.D.B) Burkina Faso.

Could you be able to assist me receive fund into any of your bank account's in your country for our investment? I discovered a credit account containing Twenty three. Five Million, Dollars (USD$23.5million) abandoned in our bank, on further trace I came across the file and find out that the real owner of the account is Engineer Christian Eich from Germany. The account has been dormant for over 8years till date no one has operated on the account, I decided to investigate further to be sure i later discovered that Engineer Christian Eich lost his life including his wife and two children, they are among the victims of (Flight AF4590) which crashed on July 31st 2000 killing all 109 people on board. visit website of the plane crash for confirmations: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/859479.stm

My bank has given a short period of Twenty-One (21 days) allowed to confirm and submit the banking reports by the Board of directors of my bank which may lead to cancellation or termination of the account. With a personal conviction of trust and confidence I wish to contact you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin / business partner to the late customer and put claim over the fund, my bank is not after your nationality or your colour because according to the NEXT-OF-KIN laws of my bank, a next of kin to a deceased customer can be from any country irrespective of your name or colour.

Be rest assured these fund will be released and transferred to you legally directly into any account of your choice as heir to the late customer. At the conclusion of the transfer you shall have 40% for you and 60% for me, please I want you to see this as a confidential matter I have in mind to help the less privileged people with this fund when it comes into your account.

Acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of my mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the following:

Your Full Name.......................... ...
Your Sex........................... .......
Your Age..................
Your Country...........
Passport / driving license.......
Marital Status...........
Your Occupation.......
Your Personal Mobile Number.................
Your Personal Fax Number.....................

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Oman Beko

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