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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: Mrs Amanda Johnson <dr.mrsamanda@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 11:10:49 +0100
Subject: Urgent Business Proposal.

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*Dear Sir/Madam,

I am indeed glad to be in contact with you even though this medium of
communication (internet) has been grossly abused by criminal minded people
making it difficult for people with genuine struggle to correspond and
exchange views without skepticism.

This letter may come to you as a surprise please accept my apology for
sending you unsolicited mail and please kindly delete this message from
your mail box if you are not interested, I am Dr. Mrs Amanda Johnson,
Currently the Bill and Exchange Manager with a reputable bank here in
Burkina Faso Bank Of Africa (BOA).

I write you this proposal in good faith, believing that I can trust you
with the information i am about to reveal to you, the Business I am
proposing you is in respect of the sum of $9,800,000.00(Nine Million eghte
hundred Thousand U.S Dollars only) belong to one of our deceased customer
who unfortunately lost his life in a plane crash along with his entire
family, click and have a view
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/859479.stmsince his death the bank
has made several efforts in contacting the family
of the deceased or his relatives but all effort have proved abortive as he
had no identifiable kin's men. This sum of $9.8million has remained
unclaimed ever since then and nobody has come forward as his next of kin.

The management under the influence of our chairman and member of the board
of Directors has made an arrangement for the fund to be declared unclaimed
and subsequently be turned to the reserve account of the bank, it is
against the background of the foregoing that I have decided to contact you
for assistance and partnership for you to stand as the next of kin to the
late customer of the bank because we cannot release the fund from his
account unless someone applies for claim as the next of kin to the deceased
customer as indicated in our banking guidelines.

With your permission this fund will be transferred to your private or
company account abroad as the beneficiary and next of kin to the deceased
customer all proof of claim and necessary documentation will be carefully
worked out in your favor and I assure you of 100% risk free if you find
this proposal acceptable to you and you wish to assist me.

I expect your urgent response, Note that upon the transfer of this fund
into your account i will compensate you with 40% as your share in respect
of the account provision and your assistance rendered during the transfer
of the fund into your account, 55% will be my share being the coordinator
and the pillar of the transaction while the rest 5% will be mapped out for
any expenses that may occur during the transfer process please Endeavour to
include your full names and address, private phone and fax number for our
easy communication.

Finally please keep our dealings very private and confidential as i wait
your urgent response.

Thanks and best regard
Yours Faithfully,
Dr. Mrs Amanda Johnson
Reply to this e-mail( dr.mrsamanda@gmail.com).*

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