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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: "Mrs.Rahab" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rahabali@voila.fr>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2015 11:21:23 +0100
Subject: Hi Dear..

FROM MRS.RAHAB ALI
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) OUAGADOUGU
 
BURKINA FASO.,
 
Greetings to you and your family, I am Mrs. Rahab Ali, auditing and
accounting manager, Bank of Africa Burkina Faso West Africa. I need your
assistance in transferring the sum of ($6.2M) Six Million Two Hundred
United State dollars into your account within 7 to 10 banking days.
This account belongs to one of our foreign customer by name, Mr. Alan
Williams who died along with his entire family in a plane crash some years
ago. You can view the link below for more details:
 
I agree to give you 40% of this money, will be for you, in respect of the
provision of a foreign account, and 60% would be for me. Thereafter, I will
visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated.
Reply me if interested with information’s bellow and I will send to  you
the text of application which you will re-type and send to our bank for the
approval of the said fund into your account.
 
Your names
Full Address
Tel/Fax number
Occupation
Country   
Remain bless with your family?
Regards
Mrs.Rahab Ali
 
 
 

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