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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: "mr.nazarianmsi@ono.com" <mr.nazarianmsi@ono.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 06:12:46 +0100 (CET)
Subject: ASSAALAMU ALAIKKUM VERY VERY URGENT.

Greetings,

My name is Mr. Nazarian Morsi the account manager in charge
of audit Foreign Remittance Unit, African Development Bank Group
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. I'm from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, West
Africa. It is true that we have not meet each other in person, but I
strongly believe in trust and friendship in every business. as I am
contacting you independently of my investigation and no one is informed
of this communication. My reason for contacting you is to transfer an
abandoned sum of $11.3 Million dollars immediately to your private
account.The money has been here in our Bank lying dormant for years now
without anybody coming for the claim of it.

The fund belong to our
deceased Customer Mrs.Shannel Lake who perished along with her family
since January 31 2000. The Banking laws here does not allow such money
to stay more than 16 years,that is the reason why i need your
Cooperation in transferring the money to your bank account so that we
can use it to secure the future of our both families because i don't
want the money to be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed fund.
By indicating your interest I will send you the full details on how the
business will be executed. Please keep this proposal as a top secret
and delete if you are not interested. Please Contact my e-mail
address: ( nazarian.morsi5@freemail.hu)

My best regards,

Mr.Nazarian
Morsi.
MOBILE:+226 64031041,

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