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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: Luise Lusaka <luiselusaka@qatar.io>
Reply-To: lusakaluise@insing.com
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:33:53 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Regards,Yours Hon. Luise Lusaka.




HON. BARRISTER LUISE LUSAKA  SOLICITORS &
ADVOCATES,

Rue 407 Yennenga, Ouaga - Burkina Faso.

Email: luiselusaka@qatar.io

 

Note; due
to poor internet connectivity in my country, you may receive this email in your
SPAM folder, kindly forward this proposal into your INBOX folder before
responding back to me.



I am indeed glad to be in contact with you even though this medium of
communication (internet) has been grossly abused by criminal minded people
making it difficult for people with genuine transaction to correspond and
exchange views without scepticism.

 

With due
respect, I am Barrister Luise Lusaka financial attorney to the Late Mr.
Morris  Thompson an America citizen who died in a plane crash with his
entire family, you can read more news about the crash by visiting this website;
http://www.alaskajournal.com/ stories/081301/foc_native_ corps.shtml   

 

I
respectfully insist you read this letter carefully as I am optimistic it will
be open door for unimaginable financial rewards for both of us.

 

Before the
sudden death of Mr. Morris Thompson and his entire family, my late client has a
Dormant Account with Bank Sahelo Saharienner for Investment and Commercial
Burkina Faso (B.S.I.C.), His dormant account contains huge sum of $15 Million
USD (Fifteen Million Dollars Only.

 

I crave
your indulgence as I am contacting you in such a surprising manner; I have
desired to have his abandoned sum of $15 Million dollars in B.S.I.C Bank
Burkina Faso to be claimed legally by both of us before the bank transfer the
fund into Government treasury account as he left
nobody alive to claim this fund.

 

Be informed
that while participating in this transaction, 50% of this total value will be
for you as my co-operative partner while the remaining 50% will be for me as
the principal initiator of the deal.

 

If your are
interested to run this deal with me by accepting to stand as the deceased next
of kin, kindly send me your Legal Names , telephone numbers and your
residential address for immediate more details and mode of conduct to be sent
to you. 

 

Regards

Yours Hon. Luise Lusaka.


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