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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: Barrister Mamadou <yingwei213@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bamasa10@qq.com
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 20:33:47 +0100
Subject: Re:Proposal Deal.

Hello,

My name is Barisster Mamadou. I have a proposal for you,i know that this
mail will come to you as a surprise as we never met before, this however is
not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour it against your
WILL. It's just my urgent need for foreign business associate that made me
to contact you for this transaction.There is this huge amount of Seventeen
million United States dollars (US$17Million) which my late client
deposited,before he was killed by terrorist in Pakistan. My main purpose of
sending you this message is because of the way I found you and perhaps
trustworthy to give you this priority of shipping the consignment of the
money to your address you think is very secure and safe in your country.

It will interest you to note that you stand to receive 40% of the money
upon successful conclusion of the transaction.I wait for your response to
enable me give you further directives of the deal. I thank you immensely
for your kind co-operation and understanding.

Yours Sincerely,
Mamadou Savadogo Esq.

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