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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.zalata soso" <mr.zalata.soso@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 01:24:49 -0800 (PST)
Subject: very urgent reply




I am (Mr Zalata Soso.) a senior staff in file department in Bank Of Africa(BOA)I got your contact from a Yahoo google Search. When i was searching for a foreign partner i assured of your capability and reliability to champion this businees opportunity when i prayed to God or Allah about you.In my department we discover 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 MR Andrew Kim who died a long with his entier family in a plane crash on(friday december26,2003, 13:22 GMT 14:22UK ). Since we got information about his death,we have

been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was aforeigner, and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. We agree that 30% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10 % will be set aside for expenses incured during the business and 60 % would be for me, 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.



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Your Age...... ?

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Immediately as soon as you receive this letter.And with those informations i need from you, for me to process the text of application for you to apply to the bank.

Yours faithfully,



Mr Zalata Soso.



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