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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: "Dr.Malik Ali" <dr.malik_ali@one.co.il>
Reply-To: dr.malik_ali101@voila.fr
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 03:22:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: HOW CAN I TRUST YOU?




>From The Desk Of .Dr.Malik Ali. Bill And Exchange Manager. BANK OFAFRICA (B.O.A) Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso. West Africa. For MoreInformation Please Contact Me On My  Private Number:+226 7918 9503 AndEmail Address:  dr.malik_ali102@voila.fr
                                      
                                        
                                          PLANE CRASH WEB SITE
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html
( "REMITTANCE OF $ 7 SEVEN MILLION UNITED STATES  DOLLARS U.S.A CONFIDENTIAL IS THE CASE")
                                          

Compliment of the Season,

Wheni was searching for a foreign partner I assured of your capability andreliability to champion this business opportunity when I prayed to Godor Allah about you. In  my department we discovered an abandoned sum of$ 7 million U.S.A dollars ( SEVEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS  U.S.Adollars Only) . In an account that belongs to one of our foreigncustomer MR SALLA  KHATIF who died along with his entire family on(Friday December 25TH,2003)in a plane crash. Since we got informationabout his death,


We have been expecting his next of kin to comeover and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebodyapplies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicatedin our banking guidelines, but unfortunately we learnt that all hissupposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the planecrash leaving nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon thisdiscovery that I and one official in my department now decided to makethis business proposal to you and release the money to you as the nextof kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequentdisbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don’t want this moneyto go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill. The Banking law andguideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed afterfive years, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury asunclaimed fund.



The request of foreigner as next of kin inthis business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was aforeigner, and a Burkina be cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.We agree that 40% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, inrespect to the provision of a foreign account, 10 % will be set asidefor expenses incurred during the business and 50 % would be for me,therefore after I and my family will visit you in your country fordisbursement according to the percentages indicated.


Thereforeto enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged, youmust apply first to the bank as relations or next of kin of thedeceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number, yourprivate telephone and fax number for easy and effective communicationand location where the money will be remitted. Upon receipt of yourreply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application Iwill not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitchfree and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all requiredarrangements have been made for the transfer. 


Your Full Name...........................?
Your Sex......................................?
Your Age.....................................?
Your Country..............................?
Your Occupation.........................?
Your Personal Mobile/ Fax N°...?


Youshould contact me on my number: +226 7918 9503 immediately with thoseinformation’s I need from you, for me to process the text ofapplication for you to apply to the bank. for more Information Pleasecontact me on my  private  Email Address:dr.malik_ali102@voila.fr


Yours faithfully,
Dr.Malik Ali.

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