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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: josephkabore <josephkabore10000@gmail.com>
Reply-To: josephkabore1000@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:13:16 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Confidential Respond,


Good day!      

I am Mr.Joseph Kabore director auditing and accounting department" bank
of Africa (boa) Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso .I discovered the sum of
seven million, two hundred thousand dollars (usd7.2) belonging to a
deceased customer of this bank the fund has been lying in a suspense
account without anybody coming to put claim over the money since the
account owner late, Mr Salla khat from Lebanese who was involved in the
December 28th 2006 Benin car crash.

 

it is therefore, upon this discovery that i decided to take this
ultimatum and make this business proposal to you as the fund will be
release to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for
safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and i
don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill
the banking rules here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed
after five years, the money will be transferred into the bank treasury
as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this
business is occasioned by the fact that the deceased customer was a
foreigner and a Burkina be cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.

 

Therefore, I am soliciting for your assistance to come forward as the
next of kin. I have agreed that 40% of this money will be for you as
the beneficiary respect of the provision of your account and service
rendered, 60% will be for me. Then immediately the money transferred to
your account from this bank, I will proceed to your country for the
sharing of the fund.



Yours faithful,

Mr.Joseph Kabore









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