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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 Adams Buhari <adams_buhari@sify.com>
Reply-To: adamsbuhari2010@gazeta.pl
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:34:49 +0900 (KST)
Subject: Urgent response !!! From: Mr Adams Buhari






























































































































Dear friend,

I
am Mr.Adams Buhari, the director of the accounts & auditing dept .at the
African Development Bank Ouagadougou-west Africa . (A D B).With due respect, I
have decided to contact you on a business transaction that will be beneficial to
both of us.

At the bank's last accounts/auditing evaluations, my staffs
came across an old account which was being maintained by a foreign client who we
learnt was among the deceased passengers on November. 2003. Since his demise,
even the members of his family haven't applied for claims over this fund and it
has been in the safe deposit account until I discovered that it cannot be
claimed since our client is a foreign national and we
are sure that he has no
next of kin here to file claims over the money. As the director of the
department, this discovery was brought to my office so as to decide what is to
be done. I decided to seek ways through which to transfer this money out of the
bank.

The total amount in the account is Ten million five hundred
thousand dollars (USD 10,500,000.00).with my positions as staffs of the bank, I
am handicapped because I cannot operate foreign accounts and cannot lay bonafide
claim over this money. The client was a foreign national and you will only be
asked to act as his next of kin and I will supply you with all the necessary
information needed this fund.
The total sum will be shared as follows: 50%
for me, 50% for you and expenses incidental occur during the transfer will be
incur by both of us. The transfer is risk free on both sides hence you are going
to follow my instruction till the fund transfer to your account.


I
will wish you to keep this transaction secret and confidential, please for
further information and enquires feel free to contact for more explanation and
better understanding
Thanks and remain blessed.
Mr Adams
Buhari









































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