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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: Yara Ahmed <yaraahmed@sify.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 01:49:43 -0800 (PST)
Subject: REPLY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED TSUNAMI DISASTER.




 
















 From The Desk Of  Mr Yara Ahmed
The Head Of File Department,   
African Development Bank (A.D.B).
Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso West Africa.
Telephone +226-7588-1172.  
WEB SITE // http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/tsunami.disaster/


                         (REMITTANCE OF $15 MILLION U.S.A DOLLARS)
                                

Forgive
my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise and may
offend your personality for contacting you without your prior consent
and writing through this channel. I got your contact from the
professional data base found in the internet Yahoo tourist search. When i
was searching for a foreign reliable partner. I assured of your
capability and reliability to champion this business opportunity.
 
After
series of prayers/fasting. I was divinely directed to contact you among
other names found in the data base Yahoo tourist search. I believe that
God has a way of helping who is in need.
 
I am (Mr Yara Ahmed)
the Head of file Department in African development bank (ADB). In my
department we discovered an abandoned sum of $15 million U.S.A dollars (
fifteen million U.S.A dollars).In an account that belongs to one of our
foreign customer who died along with all his family in the Asia Earth
Quake Disaster (TSUNAMI,DISASTER IN INDONESIA / INDIA.

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 apply for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines, but unfortunately i learn t that
all his supposed next of kin or relation died along side with him at
the  Earth Quake Disaster (TSUNAMI,DISASTER) leaving nobody behind for
the claim.
 
therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to
make this business proposal to you and release the money 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 the bank treasury as unclaimed bill.

the Banking law
and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed
after five years, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury
as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this
business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner,
and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. I agree that
40% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the
provision of a foreign account and 60% would be for me. That means ($6
million) six million dollars for you and ($9 million) nine million
dollars 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 not
entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made
for the transfer.

I am waiting for your immediate response as you
receive this mail. Extend my sincere greetings to your entire family.
God bless you and bye for now.
 
Yours faithfully,

Mr Yara Ahmed.

FROM (ADB) OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO.


     (FILL THIS FORM BELLOW  AND RESEND IT BACK TO ME).
         

1) Your Full Name......................................
2) Your Age...............................................
3) Marital Status.........................................
4) Your Cell Phone Number.......................
5) Your Fax Number.................................
6) Your Country.........................................
7) Your Occupation....................................
8) Sex........................................................
9) Your Religion........................................
10) Your Private E-mail Address..................
 
POST
SCRITUM: You have to keep everything secret as to enable the transfer
to move very smoothly in to the account you will prove to the bank.
















 







 








 





 

 



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