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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: "Musa" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kmakata22@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 17:44:59 +0200
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam

Dear Sir/Madam
I am Mr Ali Musa from Burkina Faso . I want to seek your assistance after my discovery during auditing in my bank as am the manager of Bill and Exchange
at the Foreign Remittance Department of BANK OF AFRICA,(B.O.A.) In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of USD$27 million US dollars in an account
that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family in plane Crash,

Since his death, we have been expecting his next of Kin to come over and claim his money because we can't release it unless somebody applies for it as
his next of Kin, please I want you to stand for me as his next of kin so that the bank will transfer the fund into your account then I will come over
to meet you in your country for my own share, do not view this as been illegal but an opportunity as await your urgent response to enable me give you
more details. please reply with those information's below so that I can know you very well before I go ahead with you, If you are not interested please
delete it.as follows.that you will have 40% of the above mentioned sum while 50% will be for me, and the other 10% will
be for the expences site to know more.http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/

1. Your Full Names/Company name and Address
2. Direct Telephone and fax Numbers.
Expecting to hear from you.

Remain bless,
Mr Ali Musa
Email...alimusa30@aol.com

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