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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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Fraud email example:

From: wisdom chigo43 <wisdomchigo43@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 22:56:30 +0000
Subject: I am waiting for your urgent reply asap.

I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise as we have never
meet before, but you need not to worry as I am using the only secured
and confidential medium available to seek for your foreign assistance
in a business.I am Mr Wisdom Mally,the director in charge of credit
and exchange section of Bank Of Africa,(BOA) Ouagadougou Burkina-faso
West Africa with due respect and regard. I have decided to contact you
on a business transaction that will be very beneficial to both of us
at the end of the transaction.

During our investigation and auditing in this bank, my department came
across a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person who
died on Monday, 31 July, 2000, in a plane crash and the fund has been
dormant in his account with this Bank without any claim of the fund in
our custody either from his family or relation before i discovery to
this development.

The said amount was U.S $10.6M (Ten million six hundred United States
dollars). As it may interest you to know, I got your impressive
information through the Burkina-faso chamber of commerce on foreign
business relations here in Ouagadougou Burkina-faso.Meanwhile all the
whole arrangement to put claim over this fund as the bonafide next of
kin to the deceased, get the required approval and transfer this money
to a foreign account has been put in place and directives and needed
information will be relayed to you as soon as you indicate your
interest and willingness to assist me and also benefit your self to
this great business opportunity.In fact I could have done this deal
alone but because of my position in this country as a civil
servant(ABanker),we are not allowed to operate a foreign account and
would eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the time of
transfer of the fund,because I work in this bank.

This is the actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow
who will forward claims as the next of kin with affidavit of trust of
oath to the Bank and also present a foreign account where he will need
the money to be re-transferred into on his request as it may be after
due verification and clarification by the correspondent branch of the
bank where the whole money will be remitted from to your own
designation bank account.

I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free.
On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 30%
of the total sum as ratification, while 10% will be set aside to take
care of expenses that may arise during the time of transferring the
fund and also telephone bills, while 60% will be for me. Please, you
have been adviced to keep this transaction "top secret" as I am still
in service and intend to retire from service after i conclude this
deal with you.

I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until you
confirm the money in your account and ask me to come down to your
country for subsequent sharing of the fund according to percentages
previously indicated and further investment, either in your country or
any country you advice us to invest in.All other necessary vital
information will be sent to you when I hear from you and please kindly
delete if you are not interested.

I am waiting for your urgent reply asap.


Thanks
My Regards.

Mr Wisdom Mally

or you can reple with wisdomchigo41@gmail.com

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