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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: mf bf <mff30bf@msn.com>
Reply-To: mff.bf@minister.com
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:38:55 +0000
Subject: Attention: Email id owner.

Attention: Email id owner.

I am Ms.Lucy Afam from Ministry Of Finance Burkina Faso. This email is to bring to you notice that after the conference meeting with the (UN) we realized that you are among those that are involved in scam victim we have in our list to Compensate by the government of this country as instructions from United Nation(UN).

UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of $500,000.00 includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc.

This meeting was first held on the 8th of April 2003. You can view this page for your perusal: http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/ik344.doc.htm

I Ms.Lucy Afam the Secretary of Ministry Of Finance Burkina Faso has instructed the WESTERN UNION payment department to send the sum of $500,000.00 through their custody for easy receiver of your funds. You are to contact them now to ensure that your fund will be transferring to you once you send them the needed information to avoid wrong transaction.

According to the demands of WESTERN UNION you are to receive your fund at the instalment rate of $5,000.00 daily until the $500,000.00 is completely transferred to you accordingly. You are to contact them now with the bellow information to avoid wrong transaction.

Your Full Name:
Telephone Number:
Your Country:

Listen very carefully, tell Mr.Nnaya Human that you advise to contact him by Ms.Lucy Afam from Ministry Of Finance here in Ouagadougou Burkina Faso;Bellow is their Contact Information.

Name Mr.Nnaya Human
Email (wu.payment.d@blumail.org)
Telephone +226 7283 7639

Best regards.

Ms.Lucy Afam
Secretary Of Ministry of Finance
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.


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