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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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Fraud email example:

From: MR DAN RAWAA <danbaca@voila.fr>
Reply-To: danbaba7@voila.fr
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 21:13:41 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Mr Danbaba Rawaa




Mr Danbaba Rawaa
Bill and Exchange Manager,
Bank of Africa Annex
Ouagadougou, Bf.

First i must solicit for your confidence in this transaction; this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential. Though i know that a transaction of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried but i am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the deal. I have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction, let me start by introducing myself properly to you. I am Mr.Danbaba Rawaa, the bill and exchange manager of the Bank of Africa annex here in Ouagadougou , Burkina Faso .I came to know you in my private search through the internet for a reliable and reputable person to handle this confidential transaction, which involves the transfer of huge sum of money to a foreign country requiring maximum confidence i feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business though, this medium (internet) has been greatly abused, i choose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest medium of
communication. However, this correspondence is unofficial and private, and it should be treated as such.
The proposition:

A foreigner who met his death in ‘Thailand plane crash banked with us at the bank of Africa annex here in Burkina Faso and had a closing balance as at the end of September 2007 worth $18,200.000.00 (eighteen million two hundred thousand united states dollars).after going into deeply investigation i found out that Hessian died on Sunday 164th September 2007 in a plane crash.

The bank now expects a next of kin as beneficiary and valuable efforts have been made by bank of Africa to get in touch with any of Hessian’s family or relatives but to no success. It is because of the perceived possibility of not being able to locate any of the late depositor’s next-of-kin (he had no wife or children that is known to us). based upon this discovery, I have decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as next-of-kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and i don't want this money to go into the country treasury as unclaimed funds that is why i contact you because of the law imposed by the British prime minister Gordon brown said in world press conference on Tuesday 6 December 2005, at 12:18 GMT:-

If such money remained unclaimed after three years, the money will be transferred into the country treasury as unclaimed funds. The request for a foreigner as next-of-kin is occasioned by the fact that, the late depositor was a foreigner and so an indigene cannot stand as the next-of-kin. in order to avert this development, I now seek your permission to have you stand as next of kin to the late depositor so that the fund, us $18.2 million will be released and paid to you as the beneficiary next-of-kin. all documents and proves to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out on your acceptance to partake in this transaction in my department i have secured from probate an order of mandamus to locate any of the declared beneficiary (next of kin) and more so i am assuring you that this business is 100% risk free. as soon as i acknowledge receipt of your acceptance of this business proposal, i would furnish you with the necessary steps to take
beginning with the text of application which you shall forward to the bank for scrutiny and approval. Please if this is acceptable by you, do not make undue of the trust i have bestowed in you.
Best regards,

Contact me at this alternative Email : danbaba7@voila.fr

Mr Danbaba Rawaa
Bill and Exchange Manager,
Bank of Africa Annex
Ouagadougou, b.f

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