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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. Eftihios Mihail" <yuhan@simbalion.com.tw>
Reply-To: <eftihiosmihaill@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 05:28:47 -0700
Subject: Read Carefully and reply immediately

From: Mr. Eftihios Mihail
Coris Bank of Burkina Faso
Customer Care Manager
Burkina Faso West Africa
Tel:  +226 55586908
 
Hello,
 
                                                               Read Carefully and reply immediately:
 
Kindly accept my sincere apology for the unaware soliciting. My names are: Mr. Eftihios Mihail from Burkina Faso and Customer Care Manager at Coris Bank International of Burkina. I must solicit your strictest confidence to handle business deal in my department to share: US$9,000 within every 24hrs.
 
Three weeks ago, I discovered Business Account in my department with amount of US$3.4 Million Dollars belongs to one of our Syrian customers called: Moustafa El Sherif who died in the city of Aleppo (Syria) with his family during President Bashar Assad's military air strikes. Mr. Moustafa was Gold & Diamond dealer. During my verification, I find out the account will be in dormant by 20th August 2017 since it has not been operated for over Three (3) years now.
 
Brief, I contacted you because I need trustworthy person whom I will collaborate as friend to be withdrawing the money through Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Booth to share 50/50. Notwithstanding, if you agree to collaborate with me to execute this deal, I will order new ATM VISA CREDIT CARD printed in your name then link to late Mr. Moustafa's account secretly before sending it to you via DHL Courier Service. It’s obvious we haven't met before but with your assurance to handling this deal truthful and honestly, I will not hesitate to start the process immediately.
 
Rest assured that this transaction will never impose any risk to your personality because I will provide all the useful information you'll need during the operation and also control the card in our Credit Card Control System to enable smooth withdrawing of the money. Individually, I decide to transact this deal because of debts I owned my bank which has been preventing me from receiving salary for over Eight (8) months now. I should be doing this business here by myself but I prefer outside my country to avoid any suspicious from my colleagues.
 
Be assured that, with your name printed on the card, you can withdraw the money from any ATM center in your country or directly in your bank without any problem. The pin Code and all the necessary user guidelines will be attached together with the card package which will be delivered to you by DHL Officials in your country.
 
To facilitate the process of ordering the new Card and registering with DHL, email me your personal information listed below immediately without delay.
 
Full Name:.................................................
Direct phone number:.......................................
Postal Address:............................................
Age:.......................................................
Occupation:................................................
 
Finally and most importantly, as I mentioned here above, I'm executing this deal because of my financial hardship, therefore you should be mindful to send my 50% from any amount you will withdraw from the card as soon as you receive it from DHL in your country and start withdrawing the money. Thank you.
 
Best Regards,
Mr. Eftihios Mihail
Tel:  +226 55586908

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