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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: toure <marktoure2011@gawab.com>
Reply-To: marktoure@ymail.com
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:26:29 +0530 (IST)
Subject: waiting to hear from you soonest.


With All My Respect,
It is my Pleasure to write this Letter to you in order to request your partnership for the realization of this money to be transfer into your account which you will provide to the bank management if you accept my proposal. I am Mr.Mark Toure, from Burkina Faso here in West Africa, I am married and bless with children’s, and currently I am working with BOA Bank. (Bank Of Africa Burkina here in Ouagadougou Burkina Faso. Profession;-AccountantWorking position;-Director of auditing and accounting.Marital status; - Married.Age;-46 yrs Old Male.My Resident Address;-542 Avenue Yenenga 01BP Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.
Can you or your friend provide an account that can receive (€6,500,000 million euros) in your country without any problem? Please confirm with me so you can provide it and receive the above mentioned fund. For your kind information, the above mentioned fund was discovered in a dormant account of a deceased customer here in our bank.
This fund belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family in a plane clash. Since my bank got information about his death, the bank have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because my bank cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines. This transaction will be concluded in fourteen banking days from the day that you submit the application which I will send to you immediately we conclude every arrangement and immediately you declare your interest to assist me in championing this transaction.  I must make you understand that, this is a deal and a deal remains a deal. But the most important part of this business deal is COPERATION AND HONESTY. If we can be honest and sincere to each other, surely we will make the business a successful one. Take note of this information: this transaction will require some expenses
to be made by you before the fund can be transfer into your account in your country. There most be some expenses in the course of this transaction, but my promise to you is that this fund will be transfer to your account over there in your country, I am very sure of that. I don't know exactly how much that the sum will be, but from experience as a banker am sure that the sum will not be much, but whatever the case may be, You and I will take care of any expenses that will come up in the course of this transaction so as to reduce the burden on only a single person. I am making this known to you because I will not like you to disappoint me when you will be required to make payments for some stages. So take not of this. It is better you are aware now than for you to disappoint me in the middle of the transaction. You should be ready for this. If you are willing to assist me in this transaction, your share will be 40% of the total amount transfer. We
shall be considering several sectors with our main focus on government bonds, property development, loan and equity financing for small and medium sized companies. Upon your reply I will send you full details on how the business will be executed. if your interested and capable for such transactional deal, indicate your genuineness and willingness by providing me your full information as listed below for self assurance of whom I am trusting so I can send you a simple note to send to the bank so the bank can tell you if there are some obligations that need to be done before the fund can be processed for transfer into your account:  1) Name.......................... ....2) Nationality..........................3) Occupations............................4) Residential addresses...................5) Ages.......................... ...........6) Private telephone numbers..................7) Marital status.............................8) Your scan International
Passport or ID card.. This information's will be use to write a letter of claim and send to you as to forward it to the bank for the released of this money.
If you are satisfied, waiting to hear from you soonest. Thanks best regard,Mr Mark Toure.


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