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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: Hamzak Wadrago <hamzak07wadrago@gmail.com>
Reply-To: hamzakwadrago2@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 19:14:45 +0000
Subject: I will be waiting to hear from you,

Good day,

Firstly I apologize for encroaching into your privacy in this manner
as it may seem unethical though it is a matter of great importance. I
decided to contact you after a careful thought that you may be capable
of handling this business transaction which I explained below, I am Mr
Hamzak Wadrago, the head of file department of Bank of Africa (B.O.A)
here in Burkina Faso / Ouagadougou. In my department I discover an
abandoned sum of (US$15.5 million US Dollars) in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his family
in plane crash.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this
business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of
kin or relation to the deceased for the safety and subsequent
disbursement since nobody is coming for claim. I agree that 40% of
this money will be for you, while 60% would be for me. Then after the
money is been transferred into your account, I will visit your country
for an investment under your kind control.

You should not entertain any atom of fear because every arrangement
has been made before contacting you. i am here to feed you with the
whole information that might be required during the period of this
transaction, in as much as you obey my instructions success will be
ours sooner than your expectations.

I am about to retire from active Bank service to start a new life but
I am aseptically to reveal this particular secret to a stranger. You
must assure me that everything will be handled confidentially, If this
deal further interest you then you reply me immediately to enable us
proceed.

Please If this transaction did not interest you kindly discard this
information and never expose it to any person due to the sensitivity
of the transaction. You have to send me those your information below
to enable me use it and get you next of kin application
form from bank for immediate transfer of this money into your bank account,

Your Full Name_______________________
Your Home Address____________________
Your Age ___________________
Your Handset Number________

Regards,
Mr Hamzak Wadrago

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