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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: =?UTF-8?B?Ik1yIEFrYWluIFNhbGlmIg==?= <norma_arteaga@speedy.com.ar>
Date:
Subject:

My Dear Good Friend.
 
I am Mr.Akain Salif, from Burkina Faso= in West African region. I work with the bank of Africa here in the nation,= I am writing you from my office that which will be of an immense benefit t= o both of us, In my department being the account manager I discovered an ab= andoned sum of ($10.5 million USD) in an account that belongs to one of the= bank late foreign customers, a German citizen who unfortunately lost his l= ife in a plane crash.
 
The choice of contacting you is aroused = from the geographical nature of where you live, particularly due to the sen= ility of the transaction and the confidentiality herein, Now our bank has b= een waiting for any of the relatives to come-up for the claim but nobody ha= s done that. I personally have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives = for many years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin /= beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at= $10.5 Million Dollars can be done and paid to you for both of us.
 = ;
This will be disbursed or shared between the both of us in these perce= ntages, 55% to me and 35% to you while 10% will be for expenses both partie= s might have incurred during the process of transferring, I have secured ne= cessary information=E2=80=99s that can be used to back up this claim we are= making.
 
All I require now is your honest Co-operation, Confid= entiality and trust to enable us sees this transaction through, I guarantee= you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will pr= otect you from any breach of the law.
 
Having gone through a me= thodical search, I decided to contact you hoping that you will find this pr= oposal interesting. Please on your confirmation of this message and indicat= ing your interest, I will furnish you with more information.
 
E= ndeavour to let me know your decision rather than to keep me waiting or
= exposing me.
 
For More Information Contact Me From My Private E= mail Address (mr.akainsalif102@yahoo.fr)
 
Your Faithfully
Mr= .Akain Salif

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