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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.Ali Khan" <dralikhan1@voila.fr>
Reply-To: dralikhan@voila.fr
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:36:38 +0100 (BST)
Subject: GreetingsFrom Dr.Ali Khan




GreetingsFrom Dr.Ali Khan,,  Dearfriend,  Althoughyou might be apprehensive about my email as we have never met before. I am Dr.AliKhan, a Banker, with (AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK BURKINA FASO) in West Africa, andalso the account officer to a customer of our bank who passed on heart-relatedcondition and I believe with your assistance we can receive theinvestments/deposits of my deceased customer. The amount involved is us$5.2mDollars  That is whyI ask that we work together, I will be pleased to work with you as trustedperson and see that the fund is transferred out of my Bank into another BankAccount,Once the funds have been transferred to your nominated Bank account weshall then share it in the ratio of60% for me,40% for you.  If youagree to my business proposal.further details of the transfer will be forwardedto you as soon as i receive your return mail, sending the below information  1. Fullname2: Yourprivate telephone and Fax numbers.3.Occupations
and Nationality.4. Date OfBirth5. PresentLocation.  Hoping tohear from you as soon as possible.  Regards.Dr.Ali Khan,

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