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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: hauberg@iprimus.com.au
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 23:40:48 -0800
Subject: AGRIC BANK..

Hello Dear,

How is everything with you today? . I picked interest on you after going
through your short profile and deemed it necessary to write you immediately
. My name is Barbara Boateng, I'm working as a regional bank manager for
Agricultural Development Bank Plc Ghana, West Africa . I want to share important
business discussion with you and this is an opportunity , I would like us
to use well .

I am writing to you regarding my foreign customer with our bank before his
sudden death. His name is Bruno Serge , managing director of Crown oil company
, he was a fixed deposit customer with my bank in 2009 for 48 calendar months
, valued at $8,400,000.00 (eight million, four hundred thousand dollars of
the United provisions ) . Unfortunately , he was among the dead victims of
the war in Libya that killed more than 20,000 people in June 2011. He was
in Libya on a business trip and that was how he met his end .

He has no next of kin attached to his file , so when I saw his name , I decided
to contact you so that I can present you as the legal next of kin to the
account to my bank headquarters,so that the money will be release to you.
I am ready to share these funds 50/50% with you.

I will visit your country for my own share as soon as the money is with you
and discuss possibility of investing my share in your country.I will not
fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is 100 % hitch- free and
there is absolutely no risk in it , concluding procedures for smooth operation
and my position in the bank guarantees the successful execution of the transaction.

All I require is your honest cooperation guarantee your sincerity and capacity
to enable us to complete this transaction. Note: Nevertheless , that the
complex nature of the transaction requires that you must keep it absolutely
confidential until we finally and get all the money in your home account.
For convenience and faster communication , you can contact me on my direct
personal E-mail (fbkaccountant@outlook.com)OR TEL:+233-23613-8347 I hope
to hear from you as soon as possible .

Thanks,

Barbara Boateng.

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