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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 Dubeam Solion <dubeamsolno0009@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 12:41:49 +0000
Subject: ATTN:PLEASE/ I AM Mr Dubeam Solion??


my private email address dubeamsolno0009@gmail.com

Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is not a
hoax mail and I urge you to treat it serious. This letter must , come to
you as a big surprise, but I believe it is only a day that people meet and
become great friends and business partners.

Please I want you to read this letter very carefully and I must apologize
for barging this message into your mail box without any formal introduction
due to the urgency and confidentiality of this business and I know that
this message will come to you as a surprise. Please, this is not a joke and
I will not like you to joke with it ok, With due respect to your person and
much sincerity of purpose, I make this contact with you as I believe that
you can be of great assistance, to me. My name is Mr.Dubeam Solion, from
Burkina Faso, West Africa. I
work in Bank Of Africa (BOA) as telex manager, please see this as a
confidential message and do not reveal it to another person, and let me
know whether you can be of assistance regarding my proposal below because
it is top secret. I am about to retire from active Banking service to start
a new life , but I am skeptical to reveal this particular secret to a
stranger. You must assure me that everything will be handled
confidentially because we are not going to suffer again in life. It has
been 10 years now that most of the greedy African Politicians used our bank
to launder, money overseas through the help of their Political

advisers. Most of the funds which they transferred out of the shores of
Africa were gold
and oil money that was supposed to have been used to develop the continent.
Their Political advisers always inflated the amounts before transferring to
foreign accounts, so I also used the opportunity to divert part of the
funds hence I am aware that there is no official trace of

how much was transferred as all the accounts used for such transfers were
being closed after transfer. I acted as the Bank Officer to most of the
politicians and when I discovered that they
were using me to succeed in their greedy act; I also cleaned some of their
banking records from the Bank files and no one cared to ask me because the
money was too much for them to control, They laundered over $5billion
Dollars during the process. Before I send this message to you, I have
already diverted ($10.5million Dollars) to an escrow account belonging to
no one in the bank. The bank is anxious now to know who the beneficiary to
the funds is because

they have made a lot of profits with the funds. It is more than Eight years
now and most of the politicians are no longer using our bank to transfer
funds overseas. The ($10.5million Dollars) has been laying waste in our
bank and I don't want to retire from the bank without transferring the
funds to a foreign account to enable me share the proceeds with the
receiver (a foreigner).
The money will be shared 60% for me and 40% for you. There is no one coming
to ask you about the funds because I secured everything. I only want you to
assist me by providing a reliable bank account where the funds can be
transferred. You are not to face any difficulties or legal implications as
I am going to handle the transfer personally. If you are capable of
receiving the funds, do let me know immediately to enable me give you a
detailed

information on what to do. For me, I have not stolen the money from
anyone because the other people that took the whole money did not face any
problems. This is my chance to grab my own life opportunity but you must
keep the details of the funds secret to avoid any leakages as no one in the
bank knows about my plans. Please get back to me if you are interested and
capable to handle this project, I shall intimate you on what to do when I
hear from your confirmation and acceptance. If you are capable of being my
trusted associate,

my private email address dubeamsolno0009@gmail.com

do declare your consent to me. I am looking forward to hear
from you immediately for further information,
Thanks with my best regards.
Mr Dubeam Solion,
Telex Manager
Bank Of Africa (BOA)
Burkina Faso

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