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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: brzachariamos@terra.com.pe
Date:
Subject:

 
From: Mr. Amos Zachary.
Manager: Audit and Accounts.
Islami= c Development Bank,
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
 
Dear Friend,=
I am sending this E-mail with greeting to you. I am the above mentioned= person with said office position, and I=E2=80=99m contacting you in respec= t of a business deal which I intend to carry out with a deal-minded and tru= st worthy foreigner. There is an account here in our bank with a credit bal= ance of twenty one million united state dollars, US$21.million. As I talk t= o you now, this said account is without a beneficiary or heir. This means t= hat the money presently does not belong to anybody. I have explored all opt= ions and decided to execute this deal with any deal-minded foreigner who ca= n strike the deal with me by receiving this huge amount of money in his/her= foreign bank account and take 40% of it. This will put you in possession o= f eight million four hundred thousand US dollars, US$8.4million as your own= share from the deal, which won=E2=80=99t take us more than ten bank workin= g days to finalize.
I will provide any information that will be needed t= o back up the claim, and ensures that our bank releases the fund to you as = the beneficiary to this said account. We shall follow the official way to g= et the bank to approve the fund to you since the original owner died leavin= g nobody behind to inherit his estate.
I have worked out everything befo= re contacting you, so I will give you all the details regarding the deal as= soon as I hear from you and please make this proposal a top secret and del= ete it if you are not interested. Kindly send your response to revframoszac= hary@yahoo.co.jp
 
Thanks and regards.
 
Mr. Amos Zac= hary
 
 
 

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