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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 TRAORE IBRA <mrtraoreibra01@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 14:42:07 +0000
Subject: My Dear Friend,

My Dear Friend,

My name is Mr.Traore Ibrahim. and I work as Head of Fund Management with BOA
Bank of africa in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. I have a business for you that
will benefit both of us. I am getting in touch with you regarding to
transfer a deceased fund with our bank management which i hope to transfer
the fund in your bank account.

As the director of the department, this discovery was brought to my office
so as to decide what is to be done. i decided to seek ways through which
transfer this money out of the bank and out of the country too. The total
initial amount deposited in this account was 10.5 million Dollars, Ten
million five hundred thousand dollars, but with subsequent withdrawals
from the account by the depositor before his death, the account was audited
by my department and we discovered that the total balance in the account was
10.5 million Dollars,

I am looking forward to hear from you immediately for further information To
commence this transaction, I require you to immediately indicate your
interest by a return mail for more details; Please note very Importantly
That you can only get me through by my private email Enclosed here;

Thanks with my best regards.
Mr.Traore Ibrahim.
Fund Manager
Phone number +226 65 45 84 60
Bank Of Africa (BOA)
Burkina Faso.

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