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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: adams abadi <dr.adams_abadi79@sify.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:12:31 +0100 (BST)
Subject: URGENCY MATTER




Dear Friend,
 
I am Dr. Adams Abadi, the director in charge of auditing and accounting section of Bank of Africa, Ouagadougou Burkina Faso West Africa.

With due respect and regard, I have decided to contact you on a business transaction that will be very beneficial to both of us at the end of the transaction.

During my investigation and auditing in this bank, I came across a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased customer who died on 23rd January 2003 in a plane crash together with all his family members and the fund has been dormant in his account with this Bank without any claim of the fund in our custody either from his family or any relation before my discovery to this development. The said amount was (TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS ($25,000,000.00).

I Hoped that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that I am about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our both and families. I need your urgent assistance in transfering this above mentioned sum into your bank account or you would come here in this bank for cash paying into your hands. I don't want the money to go into our Bank treasury as an abandoned fund. Since our bank could not locate any of his nearest person to inherit this money.So this is the reason why I contacted you, so that with me giving you all his information(s) so that our bank can release the money to you as the nearest person to the deceased customer.
 
Please I would want you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete if you are not interested.

Upon receipt of your reply of acceptance to go on with me, I will send you full details on how the business will be executed.If you are willing to assist me.

Yours faithfully,

Dr Adams Abadi.

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