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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: Noriega Graciela <gracielanoriega05@gmail.com>
Reply-To: graciela.noriega1@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 22:59:41 +0000
Subject: Business benefit,

Ambassade National(DHD)Repubblica
Foreign Remittance Director,
Boa bank Burkina Faso
Tel/ Fax: (0226) 7148-97 90
Email: Boabank_BurkinaFaso@fasonet.bf

My name is Mr.heng I'm senior bank manager i work here in Burkina Faso. I
found your address through my countries international Web directory I'm
so happy to finally reach you by email.During our last meeting and
examination of the various bank accounts here in Burkina Faso, my
department bank will send money box to this country Netherlands for
the owner Greg Lavoie amount 16 million US dollar, but I will like
both of us to share this money and every thing will been share 50/50
as soon as you received this money box there to your country, and I
will make things easy for us, you have nothing to worry I will do
every thing in my power as a manager all you have to do is to contact
this email with your
information.(graciela.graciela@laposte.net)..(hengpho797@yahoo.co.in)


and I will send you an information about this money and how you can
get this money there in your country, and the day our bank will sent
DHD partner Mr.Bob Wierschke and I want you to understand that this
is a game between both of us and the DIPLOMATIC please also keep this
secret between until Mr.Bob Wierschke came over there to your country
and remember this is business and you no that the word full of game
and will are the master of the game,this is not a new thing he started
before and it can not end because life gose on.

only what you have to do is to come up with a little amount of money
so that i will use it and paid to Mr.Bob Wierschke, so that he will
came down there to your country to deliver the money to your hand and
I will keep you posted, in any time he lift and I will also gave you
his email contact with the phone number so that if he rich to your
country he will inform you, and he will gave you the money box after
you received the money box, i will send you my bank information so
that you will send my own share of the money to my bank account, as
soon Mr.Bob Wierschke delivered the money box into your hand.


every sis years our bank is sending out National DHD to delivered
money box to the owners please this is the information and make sure
that you will keep this to your self untll the money box handly over
to you, immediately send a massage across to me so that as I will no
what to nest to do, my bank will think that the owner has received his
box, remember the the share of the money is 50/50 and if the box come
I will gave you my bank account information so that you will send my
share for my account, please flowed my advice things will work
together as one partner, keep this for your your own good ok.

NAME:

AGE:

SEX:

NATIONALITY:

ADDRESS:

PHONE NO.

NAME AND ADDRESS OF YOUR BANK:

Have a great an amazing day!

Regards

Mr.Heng pho

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