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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: drharunaBELLO <mou_uor@aol.fr>
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 01:38:31 -0400
Subject: Waiting for your reply.





Dear Friend

My Name is Mr. Iburahim,Muhammed I am a banker by profession. I hail from
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, West Africa. My reason for contacting you
is to transfer an abandoned $18.5M (Eighteen Million Five Hundred United
States Dollars to your account.

Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is
not a hoax mail and I urge you to treat it serious. This letter must
come to you as a big surprise, but I believe it is only a day that
people meet and become great friends and business partners.

The owner of this fund died since on May 5th, 2013. With Next Of Kin.
I want to present you to the bank as the Next of Kin/beneficiary of
this fund.
Further details of the transaction shall be forwarded to you as soon
as I receive your return mail indicating your interest.

This will be disbursed or shared between the both of us in these percentages, 60% to me and 30% to you while 10% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of transferring.

Have a great day. (FILL THIS FORM BELLOW PLEASE AND RESEND IT TO ME).
Your Full Name.......................... .........................
Your Sex………………….
Your Age………………………..
Your Country....................... ..............................
Your Occupation.................... ..............................
Your Personal Mobile Number………………………………………
Looking forward for your immediate response today only.
Regards, Here is my personal cell (+226 67871688)or e-mail address..iburahim.muhamed120@gmail.com.

My regards to you,
Mr. Iburahim,Muhammed

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