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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: Mr Lionso Duabeam <lionsoduabeam@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2014 07:39:05 +0200
Subject: AN URGENT REPLY IS NEEDED.

AN URGENT REPLY IS NEEDED.

Dear Friend,
Good day to you, I know that my message will come to you as a surprise, but
never mind, I am Mr.Lionso Duabeam. the credit officer in A Bank here in my
country Burkina-Faso west Africa, In my department here in the bank I
discover an abandon sum of $12.5Million United State Dollars, that belong
to one of our biggest customer here in this bank, who died years ago in a
plane crash with his family, I contacted you so that you will help me see
that the total sum of $12.5Million will be transfer into your account in
your country.

And after the successful transfer i will come over to your country to meet
you, and we shall share 40% for you while 60% will be for me, if you agree
to help me, I will like you to inform and get back to me.

You should reply my mail on this ID (lionsoduabeam@gmail.com) so that I can
check my mailing box and tell you the next step about this transaction.

Thanks and have a nice day.
Mr.Lionso Duabeam.

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