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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. Adama Ouedraogo" <alialassane3@aol.fr>
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 15:40:42 -0400
Subject: GREETINGS FROM MR. ADAMA OUEDRAOGO




From: Mr. Adama Ouedraogo,
Manager: Audit and Accounts.
Islamic Development Bank,
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Dear Friend,
I am sending this E-mail with greeting to you. I am the above mentioned person with said office position. I'm contacting you in respect of a business deal which I intend to carry out with a deal-minded foreigner. There is an account here in our bank with a credit balance of twenty one million united state dollars, US$21.million. As I talk to you now, this said account is without a beneficiary or heir. This means that the money presently does not belong to anybody. I have explored all options and decided to execute this deal with a foreigner who can strike the deal with me by receiving this huge amount of money in his/her foreign bank account and take 40% of it.

I will furnish you with full details as soon as I receive a reply from you in my private e-mail address (adamaouedraogoinffo@yahoo.com) which will be immensely appreciated. Note that you might receive this message in your inbox or spam or junk folder depends on your web host or server network.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Adama Ouedraogo.


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