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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: Mrs Wend Tooer <mrs.wend.t01@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 10:42:21 +0100
Subject: Confidenti?al Respond,

*Good day! *



*I am Mrs Wend Toore auditing and accounting department" bank of Africa
(boa) Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso .I discovered the sum of seven million, two
hundred thousand dollars (usd7.2) belonging to a deceased customer of this
bank the fund has been lying in a suspense account without anybody coming
to put claim over the money since the account owner late, Mr Salla khat
from Lebanese who was involved in the December 28th 2008 Benin car crash.*



*it is therefore, upon this discovery that i decided to take this ultimatum
and make this business proposal to you as the fund will be release to you
as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent
disbursement since nobody is coming for it and i don't want this money to
go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill the banking rules here
stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after seven years, the
money will be transferred into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The
request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the
fact that the deceased customer was a foreigner and a Burkina be cannot
stand as next of kin to a foreigner.*



*Therefore, I am soliciting for your assistance to come forward as the next
of kin. I have agreed that 40% of this money will be for you as the
beneficiary respect of the provision of your account and service rendered,
60% will be for me. Then immediately the money transferred to your account
from this bank, I will proceed to your country for the sharing of the
fund.contact me with my email address so that i will send your more details
about this deal;( **mrs.wend.t01@gmail.com <mrs.wend.t01@gmail.com>**)*



*Yours faithful,*


*Mrs Wend Toore*

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