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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: Lassine Diawara <staciamos0147@gmail.com>
Reply-To: lassine7410@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 00:18:39 +0100
Subject: Personal Email (8th September 2013

From :Dr Lassine Diawara
Senior Auditor Foreign Remittance Unit
Bank Of Africa (BOA)
Ouagadougou - Burkina-Faso
West /Africa.


Confidential Business Proposal!!

I am Dr Lassine Diawara, the senior Auditor In charge of Foreign
Remittance Unit, Bank Of Africa (BOA) Ouagadougou Burkina Faso. I have
a business which will benefit both of us, The amount of money involved
is ($15.5 Million Dollars) which i want to transfer from an abandoned
account to your bank account; it is 100% risk free.

After the end of the business, We shall agree that { 40% } Forty
Percent will be for you in respect of all your assistance for this
transaction and { 60% } Sixty- Percent will be for me being the
pioneer of the business.

I will like you to provide immediately the below information's, to
enable me use it and get you next of kin application form from my
bank.

1.Full Name:......................
2.Full Address:...................
3.Telephone Number:...............
4.Country:........................
5.Occupation:.....................
6.Age:............................
7.Sex:............................

As soon as you reply, I will let you know the next steps and
procedures and more details to follow in order to finalize this
transaction immediately.

Most importantly, I will need you to promise to keep whatever you
learn from me between us even if you decide not to go along with me.

Yours Sincerely,
Dr Lassine

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