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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: Andy Manadja <andymana074@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 16:25:17 +0100
Subject: Dear Confident

Dear Friend,

I got your email address through your country's Information
exchange online while browsing and after that, I decided to contact
you to ask for your assistance in this urgent matter that requires
trust, confidentiality because you might receive this message in your
inbox, Junk/Spam folder.

My name is Mr. Andy Manadja, the senior Manager of CORIS
INTERNATIONAL BANK Burkina Faso, Tampy Branch of Ouagadougou Burkina
Faso (O.B.F) African Banking Corporation Limited Africa. I am a 55 years
old man, married with three children. I have a very urgent,
confidential, and profitable business for both of us Valued at (Twenty
Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). This fund
is an excess of what my branch in which I am the senior manager made
as profit last year. I have already submitted an approved End of the
Year 2021 report to our Head Office, and they will never know of this
Excess. I have since then placed this amount of (Twenty Five Million,
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) on a SUSPENSE SECURITY
without a beneficiary. As a Senior Manager of the bank, I cannot be
directly connected to this money thus I am impelled to request your
assistance to receive this money as the beneficiary of the funds.

If we could do this together, we shall share these funds 50/50
between us accordingly and this transaction is 100% risk-free, as no
risk is involved during or after this transaction. All I need from you
is to stand as the original depositor of this fund, also to keep this
deal confidential between us. If you're interested, kindly write back
for more information, while I shall explain more in details as soon as
I receive a response from you. This my email address
(andymana074@gmail.com)

Thanks for your kind understanding! Awaiting your response,

Mr. Andy Manadja

The Senior Manager of Coris Bank International(C.B.I) Burkina Faso,

Tampy Branch of Ouagadougou Burkina Faso (O.B.F).

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