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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: =?UTF-8?B?Ik1yLkdlb3JnZSI=?= <george7@terra.com>
Date:
Subject:

From:Mr.George Dagano.
56 Ouaga = 200 Street Ouagadougou Burkina Faso


Good Day,

I am Mr.Geo= rge Dagano, Director Inspection Unit United Nations Inspection Agency at Ai= r-Burkina (Burkina Faso) During my inspection duty at the Airport, I discov= ered An abandoned shipment  by a  Diplomat from Central Africa Re= public, the shipment was transferred from Bangui M'Poko International Airpo= rt (C.A.R) to our facility in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) and when scanned i= t revealed an undisclosed sum of money in a Metal Trunk Box weighing approx= imately 120kg.

The consignment was abandoned because the Content was= not properly declared by the consignee as money rather it was declared as = personal effect to avoid diversion by the Shipping Agent, also the Diplomat= 's inability to pay for Non Inspection Fees. My assumption is that the box = will contain more than US$5M to US$6M and the consignment is still left in = storage house till today through a registered shipping Company, Courier Dis= patch Service Limited a division of Trans guard LTD.

The details of = the consignment including the name on the official document from United Nat= ions office in Bangui are tagged on the Metal Trunk box. Please Provide you= r Phone Number including your full information, or how you will like to rec= eive the fund either through delivery for the confirmation of your nearest = Airport and other details. You can send the required details to me for onwa= rd delivery. All communication must be held extremely confidential. I can g= et everything concluded upon your acceptance and proceed to your address fo= r delivery. But I must get assurance from you concerning my 60% before I wi= ll proceed.


I want us to transact this business and share the fu= nd, since the shipper has abandoned it and ran away. I will pay for the Non= inspection fee and arrange for the box to be moved out of this Airport to = your address, but I will share it 40% to you and 60% to me, you have to ass= ure me of my 60%.  I got your contact through my research in internat = on your country website agency Information Exchange and decided to write yo= u.

Make sure you respond to me via my direct email (daganogeorge@yah= oo.com)


Best Regards,
Mr.George Dagano.


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