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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.Hadad Karim Abbas" <mr.hadad_k.abbas@sify.com>
Reply-To: mr.karimabbas@sify.com
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:49:21 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: HELLO!




Greetings,

I need your cooperation to put claim over this funds, the amount involve is €10.5m,(Ten million five hundred thousand Euro),I am the Assistant Director of Burkina Commercial Bank (BCB); Ouagadougou . There is no doubt about your eligibility as the legal next of kin to our deceased customer with the following reasons.(ONE) there is no next of kin attached on the funds (TWO) I have all the deceased bank information’s to make the claim reality.

Late Dir.Tetsuya Lee was an engineer, based in Burkina Faso, the funds was transferred into his bank account within 7 days before his death, the government does not know if he has withdrawn the funds or not before his death; upon this seeks for your full cooperation to put claim over the funds immediately for the betterment of our families. I am inviting you for this business deal where this money can be shared between us in the ratio of (50/40) i.e. 50% is for me, and 40% is for you, While 10% is for outstanding expenses during the transferring of the funds.

I don't want the bank to know my involvement on this transaction, Here is my residential address: No.105avenue 01 bp 5256 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso, You are free to come down to my office in the bank if possible before we commence, As soon as the funds is transferred into your bank account, I will come over to your country for the share of the funds according to the percentage. Therefore i will like to be reassured of the manner of person whom I am dealing with; for confidentiality I have to get certain necessary facts about you are as follows:

(1)Your full name......................
(2)Your occupation.................
(3)Your Country.......................
(4)Your full residential address................
(5)Your Private phone number for easy communication.................
(6)Your Age.............
(7)Scan any of your identification ID card and send to me through mail for my personal recognitions; I need your urgent respond, these transactions have to be completed within a week if only you will act as advice at the accurate time.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OFFICE (BCB).

FL.025.Fl 15.A.S.D.door.bf.
Mr.Karim Hadad Abbas




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