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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: Accountant Manager <accountant@ubagroup.com>
Reply-To: mr.malicahmed@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 16:42:25 -0400
Subject: From Senior Accountant.

Dear Friend,

I am Mr. Malic AHMED a Senior Accounting Manager in UBA Bank,
Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso.Please,l wanted to transfer the sum of USD$11 Million
dollars only into your bank account for charity organization in your Country.
This fund belong to one of our foreign customers Late Mr. Slawomir Skrzypek
(investor) a formal Governor of the National Bank Of Poland who died
on a plane
crash in 2010.

The plane crash website is: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8613395.stm

The fund will be shared 50% by 50%. Please, kindly provide me your
full contact
details as l stated below:

1. Your Full Name:........:...........................
2. Direct Mobile Number:............................
3. Contact Address:...................................
4. Sex/Age:........................................:......
5. Marital Status:.......................................
6. Occupation:...........................................
7. Country Of Origin:...................................
8. Attached any of Your Passport or ID Copy.

Please on your confirmation of this message and indicating your
interest I will
furnish you with more details. Therefore, Contact me via e-Mail.

May God bless us.
Yours Faithfully.
Mr. Malic AHMED.
Senior Accounting Manager.

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