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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: "Dr.Ess Anaza" <dr.essanaza@mail333.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2015 15:05:28 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: PERSONAL / WAITING FOR YOUR RESPONSE


Good Day,

 

Firstly, let me start byintroducing myself as Dr.Ess Anaza, the director in one of the Security andfinance firm here in Burkina Faso, I got your contact curtsey in our foreigninformation exchange in Burkina Faso in West  Africa on a personal requestin search of a reliable and trustworthy foreign individual, though we have notmet before, After due deliberation I decided to contact you for your assistancein standing as a beneficiary to the sum of US$17.5M belonging to late Mr. JohnN. Peters, a South African nationality.

 

Late Mr. John N. Petersdied during Apartheid war in South Africa in 1986, and I discovered that he hadsome funds in a dollar account which amounted to the sum of US$17.5M with oursecurity and finance institution in Ouagadougou the capital city of Burkina Fasoin West Africa, of which I will divulge information to you when I get your fullconsent and support to go for a change of beneficiary, and subsequent transferof the funds into your comfortable and conducive account of your choice.

 

This fund emanated as aresult of an over-invoiced contract which he executed with the Government ofSouth Africa.

 

I am offering you 40% ofthe principal sum for any assistance you may require to give during thetransferring of this fund in your account, and 5% will be for the reimbursementof expenses that both of us may in cure in this transaction. And another 5%will go for Motherless babes home. However, you have to assure me and also beready to go into agreement with me that you will not elope with my fund. If youagree to my terms, kindly as a matter of urgency send me email only: dr.essanazar@mail.bg.

 

If you want to speakwith me, you can contact me directly: +22661316185 any time you want to speakwith me. Please I do not need to remind you of the need for absoluteConfidentiality of this transaction.

 

My regards to yourfamily.

Dr.Ess  Anaza


 


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