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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 Yannick Zakaria <yannickzakaria100@gmail.com>
Reply-To: yzakaria02@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 19:09:41 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: I ASKED OF YOU, THIS IS URGENT.




I ASKED OF YOU, THIS IS URGENT.



Dear Friend ,



Good day and compliment.



Attention please: I am the interim Bank Manager under political appointment in this Bank(BANK OF AFRICA.BOA) I need your urgent assistance in transferring this sum of (US$ 9.3 million dollars) to a foreign account before i step down end of this FEBUARY 2012 , please would you be interested to assist me with your account to received this fund?



Take note: You will have 40% of the above mentioned sum if you agree , I look forward to receive your return mail for more details on how to execute the transfer to your account.Send me your information as follows.



1. Name in full:.................

2. Address:......................

3. Nationality:..................

4. Age:..........................

5. Sex...........................

6. Occupation:...................

7. Marital status:...............

8. Your cell N0:.................



Thanks and have a great day.



Mr.Yannick Zakaria.



Contact me +226 78 838 060.

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