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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Oudrago Adama <oudragoadama@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Oudrago Adama <adamaoudragoadama@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 19:58:02 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Recherche de partenaire
Monsieur
Je recherche un partenaire très sérieux pour m’aider Ã
faire sortir hors de la Cote D’Ivoire QUATRE (4) MALLES contenant
chacune la somme de quatre vingt millions ( 80.000.000 ) de dollars
En
effet , je suis le Capitaine OUDRAOGO ADAMA ex aide de camp de l’ex
Président du Burkina Faso , le capitaine Blaise Compaore chasse du
pouvoir suite à l’insurrection populaire
Dans sa chute et pendant
qu’il fuait en direction de la Cote D’Ivoire ,l’ex Président Blaise
Compaore m’avait charge de faire le ménage dans sa résidence que je
connais très bien pour avoir passe plus de 20 ans à ses cotes et
sachant l’existant des fonds de souveraineté dans cette résidence j’ai
pu trouver QUATRE(4) MALLES contenant les fonds dans sa chambre privéeÂ
que
j’ai déclarées contenir des STATUETTES avant de les confier a un
transitaire qui s’est charge de les convoyer a l’aéroport International
Félix Houphouët-Boigny d’Abidjan
Pour cette opération , je propose une commission de 30% à mon futur partenaire pour sa collaboration
A vous lire ..........
Capitaine OUDRAOGO ADAMA
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