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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: Morris Bangura <morris_bangura27@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2015 11:49:48 -0700
Subject: Hello Dear

Dear Friend,

My name is Dr. Morris Bangura, However, It's Just my urgent need For foreign partner that made me to contact you for this business.I am currently holding the post of manager foreign affairs in the bank where I work(International Bank of West Africa here in Abidjan Ivory-coast) I got your contact when i was searching for an overseas partner to assist me.I need your co-operation in transferring an abandoned fund of a late customer of the bank who died in a car accident with his entire family. The amount is US$15.250.000.00 (Fifteen Million Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States of American Dollars). Please note that all the bank efforts to trace his next of kin has failed as nobody has turned up for claims and the law here stipulates that if no body turns up for claims after 10 years, the funds will automatically be diverted into the bank treasury account as unclaimed funds.

Since no body has turned up to claim this funds, i decided that This is a life time opportunity and i should grab it so this is why i made up my mind to contact you so that we can claim this funds. Please i urge you to co-operate with me to enable us get this funds.We are going to share the funds 45%/45% and 10% is set aside for any expenses both parties might incur during the transfer process. Further details of the transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as i receive your positive response. Finally, i want to assure you that there is no atom of risk in this business as i will use my position in the bank and work out the transfer of the funds into your bank account in a smooth and hitch free manners. please note that your delay in getting back to me will give me room to source for another person. Therefore you are required to reply immediately if you are interested to enable us proceed.


Best regards,

Dr. Morris Bangura.

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