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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: Kahn Jallo <kahnja.jallo22@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kahnja.jallo@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 11:49:43 +0900 (KST)
Subject: FROM KAHN JALLO.






















FROM KAHN JALLO.
ASSISTANT TO THE FOEIGN REMITTANCE DIRECTOR,
BANK OF AFRICA . OUAGADOUGOU ,
 BURKINA-FASO.
 
  Dear Friend,
 
        I know that this email will come to you as a
surprise and I hope that you will not expose or betray this trust and
confident that I’m about to repose on you for mutual benefits of our
families. I am the assistance to the foreign remittance director of
Bank of Africa Burkina Faso .
 
I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of
($8.2USD) Eight million two hundred thousand United States dollars to
your account within fourteen banking days. In my department I
discovered an abandoned sum of ($ 8.2USD) Eight million two hundred
thousand United States dollars in an account that belongs to one of our
foreign customer who died without any nomination of the next of kin to
the bank. 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 somebody applies for it as next of kin or
relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking policies but
unfortunately for years now non of his relations has applied for the
claim..
 
It is therefore upon this discovery that I 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 I don't want this money
to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.
 
The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business
is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a
Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. I have agreed
that 40 % of this money will be for you as a foreign partner, and 60 %
would be for me. There after I will visit your country for disbursement
according to the percentages indicated.
 
Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to
you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relations 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.
 
Upon the receipt of your reply, I will give you full
details on how the business will be executed. Please kindly contact me
as soon as you receive this proposal.
 
Come up with the information's stated below:
 
 
1. Your full name:
2. Your contact cell phone number:
3. Your age:
4. Your sex:
5. Your occupations
6. Your country and city:
 
 Yours Faithfully,
   
 KAHN JALLO
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




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