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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: Compaore Michel <compaoremichel2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: compaoremichel@one.co.il
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:30:20 +0530 (IST)
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE AND TRUST PLEASE!




Dear Friend,

Greeting to you

I am ( Mr Compaore  Michel ) and  I know that this message will come as a surprise to you, since we don’t know each other, but pay attention and understand my reason of contacting you through this via email,for the purpose of introduction, I have a business proposal in the tune of ($5.3m)
 

This fund 5.3 million dollars belongs to a deceased costumer who died along with his family in a plan crash and since then no body has applied for the release of this fund, now am contacting for you to stand as the business partner to this deceased costumer for the bank to release this fund to you, after which you get the total 40% while 60% will be for me.


Should you be interested to operate this project with me, reply me urgently and I will give you the full details for us to move forward.

Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated and also Your Full Name And Phone Number is needed for Easy communication. +226-74-30-25-51.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Compaore  Michel
Bill and Exchange manager
Bank Of Africa Burkina Faso West- Africa.
Tel: +226-74-30-25-51.
Email: compaoremichel@one.co.il.

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