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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.Lookman John Nana" <mr.lookmanjnana1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.lookmanjnana@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 21:43:44 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Can you handle this deal?


Can you
handle this deal?

 

This
message might meet you in utmost surprise. However, it's just my urgent need
for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction. I got
your contact from internet search while I was searching for a foreign partner. I
am Mr. Lookman John Nana. A banker by profession in Burkina-Faso, West Africa and currently holding the post of secretary
to foreign remittance director in our bank. I need your urgent assistance in
transferring the left over funds of ($6.5Million Dollars) belong to our late
customer who died along with his entire family during the Iraq crisis.

 

The
deceased customer used his wife as the next of kin but unfortunately the wife
died along side with him leaving nobody for the claim. According to our banking
policy if the fund remains unclaimed for the period of 6years then the fund
will be transfer into the reserve bank as unclaimed bill. I don't want the fund
to go into the bank treasury and as such, let's claim the fund now. You can see
the news on BBC and CNN regarding their death.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/11/iraq.deaths/  

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6040054.stm  

 

Hence; I am
inviting you for a business deal where this money can be shared between us in
the ratio of 60% for me and 40% for you if you agree to handle this business
with me. Further details of the transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as I
receive your return mail. Trusting to hear from you immediately.

 

Thanks
& Best Regards,

Sincerely
yours.

Mr. Lookman John Nana. 

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