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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 Hassan Ali <hassan.ali720@gmail.com>
Reply-To: h_ali14@ymail.com
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:25:14 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Confidence Trust and Honest


Confidence Trust and Honest
From the desk of Mr.Hassan Ali
Bill and exchange manager
(BOA) Bank Of Africa
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso
 
 
Dear friend,
 
My name is Mr.Hassan Ali am working with African development bank (
BOA) ouagadougou burkina Faso as the director of Auditing and
account Department I discovered existing dormant account for 5years.
When I discovered that there had been neither continuation nor
withdrawals from this account for this long period and our banking
laws stipulates that any unserviceable account for more than 5years
will go into the bank revenue as an unclaimed fund.
 
I have made personal inquiries about the depositor and his next of kin
but sadly, the depositor and his next of kin died on their way to
Senegal for business tycoon, and he left no body behind for this claim
I only made this investigation just to be double sure of this fact and
since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives, I seek your
concern for further information.
 
Amount to claim $12.5 MILLION USD
Now my questions are:-
1. Can you handle this project? ……………
2. Can I give you this trust? ………………
 
If yes, call me and send to me your personal information as below:
Your name :....................
Your address:..................
Your country:..................
Your occupation:...............
Your age:......................
Telephone number:..............
This information is necessary,
 
Upon the receipt of your reply,I will give you the full details on how
the business will be executed and also note that you will have 40% of
the above mentioned sum as your own share while 50% will be for me,
and the other 10% will be for the expenses that may arise in this
transaction.I am expecting your urgent response to enable me inform
you on how the business will be executed. Please keep this proposal as
a top secret and delete if you are not interested,
 
I expect you're urgent response and call, if you can handle this project,
Thanks.
Mr.Hassan Ali
 

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