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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: "buhari mohammed" <buhari.m1@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 14:00:37 +0800
Subject: YOUR URGENT REPLY NEEDED



Good Friend, This message might come to you as a surprise. However, it’s
all just my urgent need for a foreign partner that made me to contact you
for this transaction. I got your contact from yahoo tourist search.

I want to Handle this business transaction with you. this transaction
worth the sum of ($8.7million dollars) which is to be shared at the ratio
of 60% for me and 40% for you.

I want to assure you that there is no risks involved in this transaction,
because it is something I studied very well as a senior staff of this bank.
I am also here to direct you in all things you are going to do. I contacted
you because I cannot make this claim alone except with a foreigner. The
owner of these funds died during the Libya war . His name is Shukri Ghanem
the oil and gas prime minister of Libya. He operated an account here in
Burkina Faso, and ever since his death nobody has ever came for this fund
as the beneficiary.

During our final year auditing in 2013, we discovered the dormant account,
the bank recommended that after this fiscal year, the fund has to go to the
state treasury as unclaimed fund. This warranted my search for an honest
partner who will apply as the account beneficiary to claim this fund. As a
banker, I will direct you appropriately in every step in dealing with the
bank management.

what we need in this transaction is understanding to make sure that we
score this goal and As long as you will follow my advice and instruction,
any arrangement over this fund will be disclosed to you. You have to keep
this as a secret between me and you alone. I am waiting to receive this
below information, to enable me draft a letter of application for you to
contact the bank.
.Full name:
. Address:
. Account number:
. occupation:
. age:
. sex:
. country:
. telephone number:
REGARDS Buhari Mohamed

TEL: +226 76844016



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