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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 Ahmed Salam <mr.ahmed_salama177@voila.fr>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:58:36 GMT
Subject: READ CAREFULLY AND REPLY,

MR.AHMED SALAMA ,
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
AUDIT/REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO
DEAR FRIEND ,

(ATTATCH IMPORTANCE)

I WISH THIS MY PROPOSAL MEET YOUR DUE CONSIDERATION AND KIND ATTENTION.

I HAVE A BUSINESS WHICH WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO BOTH OF US. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY INVOLVED IS (10.7M US DOLLARS(TEN MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS).WHICH I WANT TO TRANSFER OUT OF THE COUNTRY TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, ALL TO MY FINANCIAL BENEFIT AND YOURS TOO AND TO ALSO TREATMENT ONE OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS OF HER ILLNESS.

THIS MONEY IS OWNED BY A MAN CALLED JIN SUN, A BUSINESS COMMERCIALIST IN WEST-AFRICAN SUBREGIONS; HE HAS BEEN DEAD FOR OVER FOUR YEARS AND SINCE AFTER HIS DEMISE; NO CLAIM HAS BEEN PLACED ON HIS BANK ACCOUNT BALANCE.

I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY OUT OF THE COUNTRY BUT SUCH FUND CANNOT BE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT A NEXT OF KIN ATTACHED TO THE FUND.
DETAILS SHALL BE THAT YOU ARE THE CARE-TAKER AND A BUSINESS ASSOCIATE TO THE LATE MR. JIN SUN AND HIS PROPERTIES.

I SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU ALL MATERIALS AND INFORMATION WITH WHICH A SUCCESSFUL CLAIM SHALL BE PLACED ON THE FUND. I SHALL ALSO BE YOUR GUIDANCE AND ADVICE YOU THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THIS TRANSACTION SO AS TO ENSURE A SWIFT TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT, ACCORDINGLY.

AS TO YOUR BENEFITS, WE SHALL ARRANGE AND AGREE ON PERCENTAGE (%), OF THE FUND FOR OURSELVES.

I WISH THIS TRANSACTION INTEREST YOU, REPLY TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT I WOULD FORWARD TO YOU THE INDEPT DETAILS CONCERNING THIS TRANSACTION AND ALSO THE STEPS TO TAKE FOR A SMOOTH TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. I AM SOLIDLY BEHIND YOU AND THE SUCCESS OF THIS TRANSACTION,

TRY AND CALL ME ON MY DIRECT LINE: +226 -71191557

THANKS AND MY BEST REGARDS,

MR.AHMED SALAMA ,
 

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