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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: BALARE <alidou_balare02@sify.com>
Reply-To: alibalare005@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 11:09:45 +0900 (KST)
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR RESPONSE VERY URGENT,






















































































































FROM THE DESK OF : Mr. ALIDOU BALARE,
AUDITING AND
ACCOUNTING SECTION,
BANK OF AFRICA( B.O.A )
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO, WEST
AFRICA .

DEAR FRIEND,

I am Mr. ALIDOU BALARE, Manager Audit
Accounting Department BANK OF AFRICA ( B.O.A ) Now i have the intent to contact
you over this financial transaction worth the sum of Nineten Million Three
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($19.3m)for our mutual
benefit.

this is an abandoned fund that belonged to one of our foriegn
customers who died along with his entire family through plane crash disaster
since few years ago.
meanwhile i was very fortunate to come across the
deceased file when i was arranging the old and abandoned customers file inoder
to sign and submit to the entire bank management for an official
re-documentation and audit of the year against 2010. be informed clearly that it
was stated in our banking rules and regulations which was signed lawfully that
if such fund remains unclaimed till the period of some yaers starting from the
date of death of the customer,the money will be transfered into the bank
treasury as an unclaimed fund.

As an honour and advantage bestowed to our
foriegn customers base on the rules guiding our bank, it was stated obviously
that if you are not a citizen of Burkina-Faso,you have the absolute authority to
claim the fund hence you are a foriegner despite your differences from country
of origin of the deceased.
on the transfer of this fund into your
account,(40%) will be your share in respect of the account provision and your
assistance rendered during the transfer of the fund into your bank
account,(50%)will be my share being the coorfdinator and pillar of the
transaction while the rest (10%)will be shared to the respectable charity homes
which has been my second dream to be of help to humanity.

Now,if you are
really sure of your trustworthy,accountability and
confidentiality on this
transaction without dissapointment, reply with the assurance, come up with the
information showed below and call me +226 787 62 077 .

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:
YOURS
FAITHFULLY,

N.B.In
other for you to beleive my honesty try and go through this
(website)before
you start with me.
Below is the website.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/
world/europe/85 9479.stm

REGARDS,
MR ALIDOU
BALARE.




























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