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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: MrZack Alidu <zackalidu01@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 11:42:37 +0100
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL: URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED


Dear Friend,

My name is Mr. Zack Alidu,I am a staff working with the Bank Of Africa here
in Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso. I want you to help me in receiving the sum of
Seven Million Two Hundred thousand Euro (€7,200,000) into your Bank
Account. This fund was deposited in the bank here by a foreign customer who
died accidentally alongside with his entire family members many years ago.
Nobody had asked for this fund till now.

If you are interested, you have to provide an account where the fund will
be remitted because i am highly interested to secure this money from the
Bank. Please you can contact me immediately to start the transfer process.
Further details about the fund and this transaction will be given to you
upon the receipt of your response.

Please understand that we have to hurry-up our actions because the bank
authority here has plans to redeposit this fund into the treasury of the
Central Government as unclaimed fund if nobody applies for this fund after
the next bank audit which will begin here soon. I await your urgent
reply.Please contact me through my personal e-mail address (
zackalidu01@gmail.com
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/sjhv98hvgidb/?&cs=wh&v=b&to=zackalidu01@gmail.com>
).

Thanks and hoping to hear from you soon.
Mr.Zack Alidu,

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