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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: Blaise Samake <blaise.samake113@gmail.com>
Reply-To: blaise.samake111@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 09:05:57 +0000
Subject: Good day,

Good day,

Hope all is well with you and your family.
I am Blaise Samake I currently hold the post as the Audit Account
Manager of our bank in Ouagadougou Branch, Burkina-Faso. I got your
contact from a reliable web directory. We can see actually that the
world is a very small place to meet people but what matters most for
me is to transact with a person with full trust. I have developed the
trust on you. Due to the trust, I made up my mind to disclose this
confidential business to you.
We are imposition to reclaim and inherit the sum of US$10, million
without any trouble, from a dormant account which remains unclaimed
since 7years the owner died. This is a U.S Dollar’s account and the
beneficiary died without trace of his family to claim the fund.

Upon my personal audit investigation into the details of the account,
I find out that the deceased is from Atlanta America, which makes it
possible for you as a foreigner no matter your country to lay claim on
the balance as the Foreign Business Partner or Extended Relative to
the deceased. Your integrity and trustworthiness will make us succeed
without any risk. Please if you think that the amount is too much to
be transferred into your account, you have the right to ask our bank
to transfer the fund into your account bit by bit after approval or
you double the account. Once this fund is transferred into your
account, we will share the fund accordingly and this will be our
agreement.

50%, for me,
50%, for you, including the expenses that you will make during the transaction.

If you are interested to do this deal without disappointment or breach
of trust, reply with your full details,

1. YOUR FULL NAME:........
2. YOUR CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER
3. YOUR AGE:........
4. YOUR SEX:.........................
5. YOUR OCCUPATIONS:..........
6. YOUR COUNTRY AND CITY:........
7. YOUR PHOTO OR IDENTITY CARD:...............

so that I will guide you on the proper banking guidelines to follow
for the claim. After the transfer, I will fly to your country for
sharing according to our agreement.
Assurance: Note that this transaction will never in any way harm or
foiled your good post or reputation in your country, because
everything will follow legal process.
I am looking forward to hear from you soonest.

Yours faithfully,
Mr Blaise Samake

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