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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: Abu Khan Omar <wsewasad@gmail.com>
Reply-To: abukhanomar010@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 23:34:40 +0000
Subject: Personal Information

Dear Friend

Can you assist the transfer of $28,000,000.00 to your account?

I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business. Though
this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you
through it because it still remains the fastest medium of
communication.

However, this correspondence is private, and it should be treated in
strict confidence. At first I will like to assure you that this
transaction is 100% risk and no trouble, free to both parties, In
order to transfer out US$28,000,000.00 from our bank here in Burkina
Faso to any of your bank account, the fund to transfer is of clean
origin.

The owner of the fund is a foreigner, a program leader who was
believed to acquire the fund through his secret Crude Oil deal with
the Former IRAQ government and also dealing with Gold’s Company and
Cotton Company in Burkina Faso.

The Bank shall transfer above fund into your designation bank account
as the foreign beneficiary of the fund. I know that this letter will
come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before, but be
rest sure that it is real and a genuine business.

I contact you believing that you will not let me down once the Twenty
Eight Million Dollars gets into your account. I am waiting to hear
from you very urgently.

Regards
Mr. Abu Khan Omar
E-mail: abukhanomar010@yahoo.com
Mobile No. 0022678371665

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