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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?IkFobWVkIFNhbWJvIg==?= <guipla@infovia.com.ar>
Date:
Subject:

BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT,
AFRICAN DEV= ELOPMENT BANK (ADB),
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO.

Dear Friend,
Greetings to you. I am Mr. Ahmed Sambo, I am the claim manager with the a= bove bank, I am writing you in respect of a total amount of fifteen million= United States dollars ($15,000.000.00), that has been in our bank which ha= ve remained unclaimed since the past periodic years, I have been following = up with this file and on my investigation I discovered that the original ow= ner died along side with all his immediate families leaving no one to put a= claim over the fund,

My friend we cannot allow this opportunity to = go by us as the claim manager of this bank and with your cooperation as a f= oreign partner I can guide you in the way that we both can claim this money= for a mutual benefit of both of us since all claims verification and confi= rmations is done at my office / table we both can cooperate and claim this = fund without the notification of any other person in the bank,

I ass= ure you 100 percent success of this claim after which I will come over to m= eet you for the sharing which I propose on 70 / 30 percent ratio.

If= you are interested, please contact me on this my private email address for= more details and to commence the process of the transaction. ahmedsambo475@yahoo.com

Expecting to hear from you for more details.

Mr. Ah= med Sambo
 

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