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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: Zeabah Alain <z.zalain43@msn.com>
Reply-To: zeabahalain@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 11:17:20 +0000
Subject: FROM: Mr.Zeabah Alain.

FROM: Mr.Zeabah Alain.
 
Greetings to you, I humbly offer my friendship, and I hope this mail meets you in good time. However strange or surprising this contact might seem to you as we have not met personally or had any dealings in the past, I humbly ask that you take due consideration of its importance and the immense benefit it will be to you. After careful consideration with my children, we resolved to contact you for your most needed assistance in this manner. I duly apologize for infringing on your privacy, if this contact is not acceptable to you, as I make this proposal to you as a person of integrity. First and foremost I wish to introduce myself properly to you.
 
 
My name is Mr.Zeabah Alain, a father of two children and one wife living in Republic Burkina Faso West Africa. I have a mutual business proposal of $ 12.500.000.00 US dollars to you and your company to be treat and transfer into your account.
 
If you accept to render us your assistance, your role in this project will be to act on my behalf as a trustee to receive the funds in your Country for immediate investments commercial and residential properties abroad as well as profitable ventures. Though I believe this transaction should be based on mutuality.
 
For your reliable assistance, I shall offer you 40 % of the funds. I thank you in advance as we anticipate your assistance in enabling us achieve this goal. On hearing from you, I will forward you details of the process. I will be working with you for a mutual conclusion of the process and I look forward to a long lasting business relationship with you.
 
Hence I sincerely propose to you to render me your most needed assistance in this regard.                                    
 
With warm regards,
Mr.Zeabah Alain

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