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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: Voltmer Dzemal <dzemalvotmer@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mr.dzemal@sify.com
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:17:24 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: SALAM




Greetingin the name of Allah. I am Mr. Voltmer the director of Islamic bank BurkinaFaso, I need to present you as a foreign partner on behalf of one AndreasSchranner, a Garman Nationality business man of international repute who made anumbered time Fixed Deposit, valued at Ten Million, Six Hundred thousandDollars for twelve years now in my Bank Branch here, upon Maturity we sent aroutine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After fiveyears we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his company that Mr.Andreas Schranner was aboard the AF4590 plane, which crashed Monday, 31 July2000 into the Hotelissimo. visit the website for more understand http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

After further investigation it was discovered that he died without making aWILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin proved fruitless, on furtherinvestigation, I discovered that Late Mr. Andreas Schranner did not declare anynext of kin or relatives in all his official documents here in our Bank. Thetotal sum, $10,600,000.00 is still in my bank and the interest is being rolledover with the principal sum at the end of each year.
Consequently, It is upon this respect, I seek to present you as a foreignpartner to stand in as the next of kin to the late Mr. Andreas Schranner sinceno one will come up for the claim, and I we back you up as the director withall the information’s that the bank we request from you and the fund we betransfer directly into your account.

Upon your acceptance of this proposal, I shall send to you detailed informationon how this deal would be carried out. The money will be shared in the ratio:Sixty percent for me, fourth percent for you. I guarantee you that this will beexecuted under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach ofthe law. I await your urgent response. Your detailed reply should contain your mobilenumber for easier communication.

Thanks director Voltmer Dzemal
+226 75225946

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