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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: Hassan Aboubakar <aboubaka.hassanbf@gmail.com>
Reply-To: hassan.hassanaboubaka.aboubaka@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:40:01 +0100 (BST)
Subject: I AM FROM AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB),I NEED TO TRANSFER THIS FUND OF ($10.3M) IN YOUR ACCOUNT? SEE THE BELLOW PLEASE IS VERY IMPORTANT




Good day my beloved friend, may the peace of gracious God be with you,please I have a problem which I needed a help from you,I have decided to write you for help,



My Name is Hassan Aboubakar. I am writing from Burkina Faso-West Africa. I am a staff of one of the biggest Bank here.



I want to wire $10, 300,000.00 (Ten Million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars) that has been abandoned for 12 years in our Branch to your account abroad. The account owner is dead with his next of kin since year 2000. Get back to me for more details if you are interested to receive the inheritance fund.



Best Regards in your family,



Mr.Hasaan Aboubakar.

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