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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 Diallo <a426375z@gmail.com>
Reply-To: hassan.diallo@voila.fr
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 14:28:12 +0100 (BST)
Subject: From The Desk Of Mr Hassan Diallo




>From The Desk Of Mr Hassan Diallo
Bill and Exchange Manager,
Bank of africa (B.O.A)
Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso West Africa.
Tel: +226 68135978
E-mail:(hassan.diallo at voila.fr)
 
                         

                          ("Remittance of $38.4 million U.S.A dollars
                                      confidential is the case")
                       
                               Compliments of the season,
  
Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise and mayoffend your personality for contacting you without your prior consent andwriting through this channel.
  
I am (Mr Hassan Diallo)  bill and exchange manager in bank of africa (b.o.a). In my department we discovered anabandoned sum of  $38.4 million u.s.a dollars (thirty eight million fourhundred thousand united state dollar) .in an account that belongs to one of ourforeign customer, mr. Morris thompson who died in plane crash altogether withhis entire family on 31st january 2000  on their way to attend wedding inboston.
  
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next ofkin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unlesssomebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicatedin our banking guidelines, but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposednext of kin or relation died along side with him at the plane crash leavingnobody  behind for the claim.
  
The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by thefact that the customer was a foreigner, and a burkinabe cannot stand as next ofkin to a foreigner.
  
We agree that 40% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respectto the provision of a foreign account, and 60% would be for me and my woman colleague.There after i will visit your country for disbursement according to thepercentages indicated. Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fundto you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relations or next ofkin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number, yourprivate telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication andlocation where the money will be remitted.
 
I will wait for your response OR call me on +226 68135978.
 
Yours faithfully,
Mr Hassan Diallo

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