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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: Simtondji Olusegun <simtondjiolusegun829@gmail.com>
Reply-To: simtondjiolusegun2000@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 11:53:35 +0200
Subject: Important letter reply

How are you!

Hope all is well with you and your family.


I am Simtondji Olusegun. I currently hold the post of Internal
Audit Manager of our bank in Ouagadougou Branch, Burkina-Faso.
I got your contact from a reliable web directory.


We are imposition to reclaim and inherit the sum of US
$(28.850.000.00 twenty eight million eight hundred and
fifty thousand U.S dollars ) without any trouble, from
a dormant account which remains unclaimed since 7 years
the owner died. This is a U.S Dollars account and the
beneficiary died without trace of his family to claim
the fund.


Upon my personal audit investigation into the details of
the account, I find out that the deceased is a foreigner,
which makes it possible for you as a foreigner no matter
your country to lay claim on the balance as the Foreign
Business Partner or Extended Relative to the deceased,
provided you are not from here.

Your integrity and trustworthiness will make us succeed
without any risk. Please if you think that the amount is
too much to be transferred into your account, you have
the right to ask our bank to transfer the fund into your
account bit by bit after approval or you double the
account. Once this fund is transferred into your account,
we will share the fund accordingly.
45%, for you,
45%, for me,
5%, had been mapped out for the expense made in this transaction,
5% as a free will donation to charity and motherless babies homes
in both our countries as sign of breakthrough and more blessings.


If you are interested to help without disappointment or
breach of trust, reply me, so that I will guide you on
the proper banking guidelines to follow for the claim.
After the transfer, I will fly to your country for
sharing of funds according to our agreement. Assurance:
Note that this transaction will never in any way harm or
foiled your good post or reputation in your country,
because everything will follow legal process.



I am looking forward to hear from you soonest.



Yours faithfully,
Mr Simtondji Olusegun

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