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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.Tala Allasane." <mr.talaallasane@consultant.com>
Reply-To: mr.talaallasane2013@terra.com
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 13:24:51 +0100
Subject: From Mr.Tala ALLSASANE.

Dear Friend,

I am Mr.Tala ALLSASANE,(Banker) an Accountant in Banque InternationaleDu
Burkina (BIB Membre de UBA), Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso. I discovered a sum
of US$4.5 Million Dollars in a Fixed Account belonging toone of our foreign
customers Late Mr. Moses Saba Masri. He was aJewish businessman from Mexico
that died on a helicopter crash in 2010.

You can get more information's as regards to this on below website:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3832556,00.html

This will be shared 50% to me and 50% for you. Please, kindly provideme
your full contact details as l stated below:

1. Your full name?.
2. Direct Mobile Number?..
3. Contact Address?..
4. Sex/Age?.....
5. Marital Status??.
6. Occupation?..
7. Country Of Origin......
8. Attached any of Your Identification Copy?..

We have 14 working days to run this transaction successfully.Please onyour
confirmation of this message and indicating your interest I will furnish
you with more details. Therefore, Please Contact me via
e-Mail:mr.talaallasane2013@terra.com

Have a great day.
Yours Faithfully.
Mr.Tala ALLSASANE.

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