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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: joseph hogbu <josephhogbu@gmail.com>
Reply-To: tun_desir@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 07:35:57 -0700
Subject: Please Your Response Is Required SVp


FROM: THE ADB BANK ANNEX.
OUAGADOUGOU – BURKINA-FASO WEST AFRICA.
CLAIM OF MUTUAL BENEFIT


My Dear,


I am Dr. Tunkara Desire J., I am the claims manager with the above bank I
am writing you in respect of a total amount of 10, 500,000 us dollars,
which have remained unclaimed since the past three years, I have been
following up with this file and on my investigation I discovered that the
original owner died along side with all his immediate families leaving no
one to put a claim over the fund.



My friend we can not allow this opportunity to go by us as the claim
manager of this bank and with your cooperation as a foreign partner I can
guide you in the way that we both can claim this money for a mutual benefit
of both of us since all claims verification and confirmations is done at my
office / table we both can cooperate and claim this fund with out the
notification of any other person in the bank.
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I assure you 100 percent success of this claim after which I will come over
to meet you for the sharing which I propose on 55/45 percent ratio.



Till I hear from you remain blessed.


Thanks.
Dr Tunkara Desire J.

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