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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: Enoch <aminuenoch60@voila.fr>
Reply-To: aminuenoch60@hotmail.fr
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:15:34 -0800 (PST)
Subject: I Need Your Full Trust!!!,




 


I Need Your
Full Trust!!!,


 


I am the
manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance Department of Bank of
Africa (B.O.A) here in Ouagadougou,
Burkina Faso.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of US$ 25.8 Million dollars in
an account that belongs to one of our foreign Customer (MR. PAUL LOUIS from Paris, France)
who died along with His entire family in July 2003 in a plane crash.


 


http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/4537663.stm


 


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 some body applies
for it as next of kin or relation to the Deceased as indicated in our banking
guidelines and laws but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of
kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody
behind for the claim. It is 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 we 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
eight to nine years, the money will be transferred into the bank treasury as
unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this transfer is
unquestionable by the fact that the customer was a Foreigner and a Burkina be
cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. I agree that 40% of this money will
be for you as a respect to the Provision of a foreign account, 5% will be set
aside for expenses Incurred During the business and 55% would be for me
Thereafter, I Will visit your country for disbursement according to the
percentage indicated Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund
to you arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relation 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 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. You should contact me immediately
as soon as you receive this letter.


 


Email me at
: aminuenoch@hotmail.fr


                                            


Trusting to
hear from you immediately.


 


Yours
Faithfully, Mr. Aminu Enoch


 






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