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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: diabate sanko <diabatesanko03@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2016 10:55:24 -0500
Subject: Looking forward to hear from you

Dear Sir,

Please I want you to read this letter very carefully and I must apologize
for sending this message to your mail box without any formal introduction,
it is due to the urgency and importance of the matter. Please I want you to
know that this is not a joke or anything of sort so you must take what I am
about to tell you very serious.

I am Mr. Diabate Sanko, a high ranking staff with United Bank for Africa,
West Africa. I am hoping that you will not expose or betray this trust and
confidence that I am about to repose in you.

I need your urgent assistance in transferring 8.5 million US$ into your
account within 7 official days. This money has been dormant for years in
our bank without claim due to the depositor, German billionaire Adolf
Merckle committed suicide on 5 January 2009 by throwing himself in front of
a train near his hometown and his family are not aware of this account.
For more information you can visit this web site:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/01/06/us-merckle-idUSTRE5054JI20090106

I want the bank to release the money to you as the beneficiary to the
deceased customer while I come over to your country to share this fund with
you as soon as you confirm it has arrived your account.

Please I would like you to keep this as a top secret and delete it from
your mails if you are not interested. Upon the receipt of your reply and
indication of your interest and capability, I shall give you further
details on how the transfer will be executed. Because I don't want anyone
here to know my involvement with you until you confirm
this fund into your account and ask me to come over for the sharing, I
shall inform you on how we will go about it. Please do not entertain any
atom of fear because the transaction is 100% risk free as it will be
conducted legally.


Note that whether you are a relation to the deceased or not will not be an
obstacle or prevent you from claiming the money, all that matters is that
your name is under the account as the beneficiary and that the information
are accurate. Be assured that I will provide you with all the necessary
information the bank may require from you during the process to make sure
everything goes well and fast.
Dear Sir,

Please I want you to read this letter very carefully and I must apologize
for sending this message to your mail box without any formal introduction,
it is due to the urgency and importance of the matter. Please I want you to
know that this is not a joke or anything of sort so you must take what I am
about to tell you very serious.

I am Rita Kone, a high ranking staff with United Bank for Africa, West
Africa. I am hoping that you will not expose or betray this trust and
confidence that I am about to repose in you.

I need your urgent assistance in transferring 8.5 million US$ into your
account within 7 official days. This money has been dormant for years in
our bank without claim due to the depositor, German billionaire Adolf
Merckle committed suicide on 5 January 2009 by throwing himself in front of
a train near his hometown and his family are not aware of this account.
For more information you can visit this web site:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/01/06/us-merckle-idUSTRE5054JI20090106

I want the bank to release the money to you as the beneficiary to the
deceased customer while I come over to your country to share this fund with
you as soon as you confirm it has arrived your account.

Please I would like you to keep this as a top secret and delete it from
your mails if you are not interested. Upon the receipt of your reply and
indication of your interest and capability, I shall give you further
details on how the transfer will be executed. Because I don't want anyone
here to know my involvement with you until you confirm
this fund into your account and ask me to come over for the sharing, I
shall inform you on how we will go about it. Please do not entertain any
atom of fear because the transaction is 100% risk free as it will be
conducted legally.


Note that whether you are a relation to the deceased or not will not be an
obstacle or prevent you from claiming the money, all that matters is that
your name is under the account as the beneficiary and that the information
are accurate. Be assured that I will provide you with all the necessary
information the bank may require from you during the process to make sure
everything goes well and fast.

I am looking forward to hear from you soonest.

Best regards,

Mr. Diabate Sanko

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