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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.Tala Allasane" <mr.talaallasane112@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mr.Tala Allasane" <mr.talaallasane200@terra.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 13:16:54 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: From Mr.Tala ALLASANE.


Dear Friend, I am a (Banker) an Accountant in Banque Internationale Du  Burkina (BIB Membre de UBA), Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso. I discovered a sum of US$4.5 Million Dollars in a Fixed Account belonging  to one of our foriegn deceased customers Late Mr. Moses Saba Masri. He was aJewish businessman from Mexico that died on a helicopter crash in 2010.I kindly needed your foreign partnership/ assistance for Re-Transferring This amount into your account, For more Details,  Please Contact me via e-Mail:mr.talaallasane200@terra.com I wait your urgent reply.

Have a great day.
Yours Faithfully.
Mr.Tala ALLSASANE

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