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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: Zirifa Oussesni <z.ousseszirifao@aol.fr>
Reply-To: zirifaoussesni1@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 14:40:58 -1200
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,
 
Greetings to you and your family, I am the Bill and Exchange Manager here in Bank of
Africa, I have a business proposal in the tune of $15.5m,(Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Only) to be transfer into your Bank account over there in your country, and after the successful transfer, we shall share in ratio of 40% for you and 60% for me,
 
Please contact me with this email (zirifaoussesni1@gmail.com) and send me your personal informations so we can commence all arrangements and i will give you more information on how we would handle this project.
 
Kind Regards,
Mr.Zirifa Oussesni,
Bill And Exchange Manager.

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