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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. AKA AZIZ" <mrakaaziz1958@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr_akaaziz1958@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:44:35 -0700
Subject: READ CAREFULLY YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED,

READ CAREFULLY YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED,

I am Mr. Ali Beg, working at the auditing and accounting department,
BANK OF AFRICA (B .O. A) Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso West Africa, with
due respects and regard I have decided to contact you on a business
transaction that will be very beneficial to both of us at the end of
the transaction.

I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one
apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well
at the end of the day. i came to know you in my Private Search for a
Reliable and Reputable Person to handle this Confidential Transaction,
which involves the transfer of huge sum of Money to a Foreign Account
requiring Maximum Confidence.

During an annual auditing of Account's in this bank, my department
came across a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person
who died in a tragic plane crash on the Leanne Peak, Mount Kenya,
Saturday, the 19th day of July, 2003 together with his wife Jean,
three of their children and their spouses, and four grandchildren,
since then his fund has been dormant in his account with this Bank
without any claim of the fund in our custody either from his family or
relation before discovery to this development. The said amount was U.S
$22.3M (Twenty two. million, three hundred thousand United States
dollars).In fact I could have done this transaction alone but because
of my position in the country as a civil servant (A Banker), we are
not allowed to operate a foreign account and would eventually raise an
eye brow on my side during the time of transfer because I work in this
bank.

This is the actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow
who will forward claims as the next of kin with affidavits of trust of
oath to the Bank and also present a foreign account where you will
need the money to be transferred into on your request as it may be
after due verification and clarification by the correspondent branch
of the bank where the whole money will be remitted from, to your own
designation bank account. I will not fail to inform you that this
transaction is 100% risk free. On smooth conclusion of this
transaction, you will be entitled to 45% of the total sum as
gratification, while 50% will be for me, also the remaining 5% will be
for any expenses such like telephone bills which most involved in this
transaction and be rest assured that, any expenses in this transaction
would be taken as our burden expenses being incurred, Please, you have
been advised to keep this as top secret" as I am still in duty of
service and intend to retire sooner than later .

I will be monitoring your text of application there in the bank until
you confirm the money in your account and ask me to come down to your
country for subsequent disbursement of our funds in accordance to
the percentages, All other necessary, vital information will be sent
to you when I hear from you. I look forward to receive your reply
urgently. Show your readiness to assist me in this transaction by
replying this proposal as early as possible and I want you to assure
me of your capability of handling this transfer with trust by giving
me the following information's about yourself:

1)Your Full Name.............................
2) Your age:.......................... .....
3) Your occupation:................... ....
4) Are you married :..................... ..........
5) Your mobile phone number.:...................... .........
6) Your location and full address....................... ................
7) Scan and send a copy of your identity card to me. :...................
8) Your Fax Number: :............................. ..
9) Sex:.:........................ .......

I will tell you how you can apply to the bank as soon as i receive
your response towards this mail. Extend my greetings to your family
and you should please try and have trust on me in this transaction so
that we shall achieve our aim together. Do not take this very
transaction as a joke, I am betting you right now that this is just
nothing but reality, so you reply and ask me how you can apply for the
text of application form of claim of the deceased fund from the bank.
It is the foreign remittance departments that are responsible for
transference of fund into your account over there.

NOTE/ You have to reply to my private email ID (info_ab1958@ymail.com).

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Ali Beg.

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