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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: ju lia-duoyu <julia@china.org.cn>
Reply-To: paullcompaoree@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 14:17:31 +0200
Subject: YOUR RESPOND IS NEEDED



Dear Sir/Madam,

I know that this mail will come to you as surprises we have never meet
before. My names are Mr. Paul Compaoree, the director in charge of Chief
Auditing and Accounting Unit of (UBA/BIB) Banque Internationale du
Burkina (BIB/UBA) Ouagadougou Burkina Faso. I and my colleagues, hoped
that you will not expose or betray this trust and confidant that I am
about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our both families. I am
writing in respect of Mr. Anh, Il Tae of a foreign customer of our Bank
who perished long with his next of kin with Korean Air Line, flight
number 801with the whole passengers on 6th of Augustus 1997, Open and
view the website: http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list/

Since the demise of this our customer, I personally has watched with
Keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no
one has come to claim his funds of US$10.5 Million which has been with
our branch for a very long time. On this note, I decided to seek for
whom his name shall be used as the Next of Kin since nobody is coming
for the fund again. The Banking ethics here does not allow such money to
stay more than 16 years, because the money will be recalled to the Bank
treasury as unclaimed fund after this period. In view of this I got your
contact through the Internet when I was making a research on a foreigner
that I will use in this great opportunity because I don¡¯t want the money
to be recalled to our Bank treasury as unclaimed fund. I have also
agreed to offer you 30% of the total sum and the rest 70% will be for
me. The reason for a foreigner in the Business is for the fact that the
deceased man was a foreigner and it is not authorized by the law guiding
our Bank for a citizen of this country to make the claim of the fund. So
the Request of you as a foreigner is necessary to apply for the release
and transfer of the fund smoothly into your reliable Bank account as the
Surviving Relation to the deceased. If you are really sure of your
integrity, trust worthy and confidentiality, and accept not to cheat or
disappoint me after this business, then be rest assured that this
transaction is 100% risky free.

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send you by fax or e-mail on the next
procedure to follow in other to execute this transaction .I will not
fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and don¡¯t
have any negative impact. You should not entertain any fear as all
modalities for the smooth and easy transfer of this fund has been
finalized, this transaction will be completed within 14-bank working
Days immediately we start the business. Waiting for your urgent response
and please kindly delete if you are not interested.

Best Regards,

Thanks,
Mr. Paul Compaoree
Banque Internationale du Burkina (BIB/UBA) Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Tel:+ 226 78 98 96 80.
NB: The fund is free from drug and laundering related offences.

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