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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 Yakubu Haruna <yakubuharuna0@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:20:47 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM, MR YAKUBU HARUNA.



FROM,  MR YAKUBU HARUNA,
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
FOREIGN
REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT(BOA).
BANK OF AFRICA,
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA
FASO.
DEAR FRIEND,
    
 
HOW ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR FAMILY? HOPE
FINE, PLEASE PAY ATTENTION AND UNDERSTAND MY REASON OF CONTACTING YOU TODAY
THROUGH THIS EMAIL, MY NAME IS MR YAKUBU HARUNA, BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER IN
BANK OF AFRICA
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO. IN MY DEPARTMENT, DURING THE AUDITING OF THE YEAR
2008, I DISCOVERED AN ABOUNDED SUM OF US(US$22.5M)MILLION US DOLLARS  WHICH
BELONGING TO A DECEASED CUSTOMER OF THIS BANK LATE MR SALLA KHATIF FROM
IRAQ WHO WAS INVOLVED IN  IRAQ AIR PLANE CRASH WEBSITE
ON CNN PLANE CRASH
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/10/11/iraq.deaths/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6040054.stm

 
I DESPERATELY NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO SECURE AND MOVE THIS HUGE SUMS
OF MONEY LEFT BEHIND BY MY LATE CLIENT TO THE TUNE OF (US$22.5M)(TWENTY-TWO
MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) OUT FROM BANK OF AFRICA OUAGADOUGOU
BURKINA-FASO TO YOUR OWN ACCOUNT, HE EXECUTED CONTRACT THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF
WORK AND HOUSING HERE IN OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO AND THE MENTIONED MONEY ABOVE
IS HIS MONEY LEFT IN OUR BANK BEFORE HIS DEATH. MEANWHILE, FOR YOUR SMOOTHNESS
OF THIS TRANSACTION, I WILL PAY YOU 40% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION
IN THIS MATTER. IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED AND CAPABLE TO HANDLE THIS
BUSINESS TRANSACTION, COME UP WITH THE INFORMATION'S SHOWED BELOW:-

         
           1.     YOUR FULL NAME:
           2.     YOUR
FULL HOME/OFFICE ADDRESS:
           3.     YOUR CONTACT CELL PHONE
NUMBER:
           4.     YOUR AGE:
           5.     YOUR
SEX/STATUS:
           6.     YOUR OCCUPATION:
           7.     YOUR
COUNTRY AND CITY:
           8. A COPY OF YOUR PASSPORT SIZE PHOTOGRAPH:

 
AS SOON AS ALL THESE INFORMATION'S IS SUBMITTED TO ME, I
WILL
IMMEDIATELY BUY AND DRAFT AN EMERGENCY APPLICATION FORM WITH ALL YOUR
INFORMATION'S AND SEND BACK TO YOU, SO THAT YOU WILL PROCEED WITH THE
TRANSACTION BY SENDING THE FORM TO (BOA) BANK FOR THE TRANSFERRING OF THIS FUND
INTO YOUR ACCOUNT. PLEASE, CONTACT ME THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS (yakubuharuna0@gmail.com) FOR MORE
EXPLANATIONS. KEEP THIS BUSINESS DEAL VERY SECRET AND
CONFIDENTIAL.
 
THANKS AND REGARDS.
 
YOURS FAITHFULLY

MR YAKUBU HARUNA.



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