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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: Mr Abbas Malik <mrabbasm6@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 17:34:43 -0700
Subject: My Name Is Mr Abbas Malik From B.O.A, BANK

Greetings,

With due respect to your personality and much sincerity of this purpose, I
make this contact with you believing that you can be of great assistance to
me. I am Mr. Abbas Malik the Branch Auditing Manager (B.O.A) BANK
OF AFRICA, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. I am married with three children, I am
writing this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry out
this business opportunity in my department.

After an annual audit Last month in my branch I discovered documents of a
late
client, A Turkey business magnate who made a numbered fixed deposit with
this branch valued at $13. 5 million (Thirteen Million Five Hundred
Thousand United
State Dollars,) and I was lucky to have the scan documents of the funds
with me in a safe position.

Note that you will have 50% of the above mentioned sum if you agree to
handle this business with me while 50% will be for me,10% will be for any
expenses during bank process, then Once your bank account is credited with
the total amount, I will come over to your country for the sharing of the
fund. Please I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret, if you
are not interested, kindly delete it. Please No risk involved. Contact me
for more details along with your personal information needed below. I am
waiting to hear your urgent reply.

Thank and best regards,
Mr. Abbas Malik

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