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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: Ofice File <oficefile012@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: coulibalyjosephboa@voila.fr
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:03:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FUND RE-TRANSFER BOA.




I am Mr. Joseph Coulibaly, MANAGER AUDIT & ACCOUNTANCY DEPARTMENT BANK OF AFRICA (BOA) and I decided to contact you over this financial transaction worth the sum of $18.5M (Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) I want you to assist in receiving this money which I discovered in an abandoned account that belongs to Late Mr. Morris Thompson, who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261, which crashed on January 31, 2000, read more about Late Mr. Morris Thompson on the website below for information:



http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/081301/foc_native_corps.shtml



I was very fortune to come across the deceased file when I was arranging the old and abandoned customer files of 2008-2009 in other to submit to the bank managements accordingly for documentation purposes. Besides, it is not authorized by the law guiding our bank for a citizen of BURKINA FASO to make the claim of the fund. So the request of you as a foreigner is necessary to apply for the claim and transfer of the fund smoothly into your reliable bank account as the NEXT OF KIN to the deceased.



You will be standing as the next of kin to deceased man (Mr. Morris Thompson from United state). By applying to the bank with an application which I will draft and send to you then in return you shall complete and sending to the bank.



I will provide you with available document at my reach when demanded by the bank. I know very well that you might be weary of the fact that you are not in any way related to the deceased man but according to the laws of inheritance in Burkina Faso, one must not be a relative to the deceased in order to be able to apply for inheritance, having taken note of this laws I have decided to present you to my bank as a business associate to Mr. Morris Thompson which you know that somebody's business associate can come from any part of the world so it doesn't matter your nationality.



I have agreed that 40% of the total fund will be for you as a foreign partner while 60% will be for me, we are entitled to share 50/50 whatever expenses which may occur during the exercise of the transaction. If you are willing to participate, kindly comply immediately you receive this email and I will give you more details.



Best regards,

Mr. Coulibaly Joseph.

Bank of Africa (BOA)

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