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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: samad abdul <samad77abdul@gmail.com>
Reply-To: samad abdul <sabdul500@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 11:29:48 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Waiting for your response



SEMAFO (Gold Mining and Security Company, Ouagadougou.Burkina Faso.

Good Day,

After my official inquiry from the foreign trade office of the chambers of commerce & industry here in Ouagadougou.Burkina Faso, I decided to contact you but I did not disclose the intention to anyone else because of the delicate nature of the project. I found your profile very interesting and decided to reach you directly to solicit for your assistance and guidelines in making a business investment and transfer of US$31,000,000.00(Thirty One million) to your country within the next few days.

Please I must plead for your confidence in this transaction. My name is Mr. Samad Abdul, 48 years of age. I am the security officer at 'SEMAFO Burkina Faso' (Gold Mining and Security Company) located in Ouagadougou. in Burkina Faso. I am currently in need of a silent foreign partner whose identity we can use to transfer this sum of money. But at this moment, I am constrained to issue more details about this profitable business investment until I get your response by email, please if you can take out a moment of your very busy schedule today to respond back to my email for more details and include your private telephone number in your response which I will highly appreciate.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Samad Abdul.

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