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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 USMAN BELLO <yun60308@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: DR USMAN BELLO <africa.development.bannk@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 18:22:07 +0900 (JST)
Subject: ATTENTION: NOTIFICATION FROM AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK!!


ATTENTION: NOTIFICATION FROM AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK!!
 
THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR FUNDS VALUED TEN MILLION
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS (U.S. $10,500,000.00) HAS BEEN
RELEASED TODAY TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 
 
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, YOU WILL HAVE TO TRANSFER, WITHIN
24HOURS ONLINE BY YOURSELF TO YOUR LOCAL ACCOUNT, BY OF THIS METHOD; YOU WILL
MONITOR THE MOVEMENT OF THE LOCAL FUNDS ONLINE TILL YOUR ACCOUNT IS DULY
CREDITS.
 
CONTACT THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK TO PROVIDE YOUR PERSONNEL
WITH THE LOGIN DETAIL SO YOU CAN COMMENCE THE TRANSFER BY YOURSELF,
 
CONTACT PERSON:
DR. USMAN BELLO
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 
 
SINCERELY, 
MR.RUBEN MAXWELL

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