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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: Mrs Lucie Drissa <mrsluciedrissa@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 17:22:18 +0000
Subject: My Sincere Greetings!!

Dear friend,

My name is MRS. LUCIE DRISSA and I'm the assistant security manager of
National Community Bank Burkina Faso, I have a profiling amount in
excess of Eighteen Million, Five hundred thousand US Dollars
($18,500.000.00), which I seek you to accommodate for me.

I need your assistants and support to transfer the sum of
($18,500.000.00) from the National Community Bank to your bank account
in your country.

You will be rewarded with 40% of the total sum for your partnership
and support. Can you handle this?

Source of funds: The money was abandoned by a late customer Alan
Williams, a British multi-millionaire tycoon who died with his family
in Tanzania Safari plane crash in 20th October 2005. He died leaving
his contract sum unclaimed without any beneficiary. The money was
deposited in National Community Bank in current account.

Your role: should only be to stand as beneficiary to the unclaimed
funds in custody of the National Community Bank, to enable the Finance
Bank to transfer the funds to your bank account. I have decided to
donate part of my share to charity and relocate to your country for
investment.

The whole process of the transaction will take up to 7bank working
days for a successful completion of the fund transfer to your bank
account in your country. Immediately the funds is transfer to your
bank account, I'll come over to meet you in your country, to share the
$18,500.000.00 according to the agreed percentage.

However, I am sicken by a stomach Ulcer and I will soon retired, so I
want to use part of my shear to take good care of my health in the USA
when everything will be successful.

The transaction has to begin as soon as I confirm your readiness to
proceed with me. I'll send you more details on how to execute the
transaction.

Please kindly reply me on my private email: ( mrsluciedrissa@mail.com )

Looking forward to hearing from you soon,

Yours sincerely,

Mrs. Lucie Drissa.

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