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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 Rachid <mr.rachid9@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.rachid8@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:29:53 GMT
Subject: Looking forward to your reply


Looking forward to your reply



From : Mr Rachid,
Senior Auditor Foreign Remittance Unit.
Bank Of Africa.(BOA) Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso.
West Africa.


Dear Sir/Madam,



Confidential Business Proposal!!


I am Mr Rachid, the senior Auditor In charge of Foreign Remittance Unit of our bank and I decided to contact you for this financial transaction worth Twenty-two million Five hundrend thounsand Dollars ($22.5Million USD) for our present and future success.

This is an abandoned fund that belongs to one of our bank foreign customers who died along with his entire family through plane crash in december 2007.You can see the website link below.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6997381.stm


Meanwhile I was very fortunate to come across the deceased file when I was arranging the old and abandoned customers files in other to sign and submit to the entire bank management an official re-documentation and to the law imposed by the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said in World Press Confrerence on Tuesday 6 december 2005 at 12:18 GMT For more information about the prime Minister decision on dormant accounts visit: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4017381.stm

Audit of the year against 2006. informed clearly that it was stated in our foreign banking rules and regulations which was signed lawfully that if such fund remains unclaimedtill the period of 3 years started from the date when the beneficiary died, the money will be transferred into the Goverment treasury as an unclaimed fund.

However, it is not authorized by the rules guiding our bank for a citizen of Burkina Faso to make the claim of the fund
unless you are a foreigner, no matter the country you come from.

So the request of you as a foreigner is necessary to apply for the claim and transfer of the fund smoothly into your reliable bank account as the next of kin to the deceased.

After the end of the business, We shall agree that { 40% } Fourty Percent will be for you in respect of all your assistance for this transaction and { 5% } Will be for the incurred expenses that will be made, then { 55% } Fifty- Five Percent will be for me being the pioneer of the business .

If you are really sure of your Trust worthiness, Accountability and confidentiality on this transaction, contact me and accept not to change your mind to cheat, or disappoint me when the deposited funds is released to you by our bank. So reply for the assurance with this necessary informations to facilitate an easy communication through my private email address ( mr.rachid9@gmail.com)

1. Full Name:....................................
2. Full Address:...................................
3. Telephone number :................................
4. Country :.........................................
5. Occupation:........................................
5. Age:..............................................
6. Sex:.............................................

As soon as you reply, you notify me so that I will let you know the next steps and procedures to follow in order to finalize this transaction immediately.

I expect your urgent communication.

Yours sincerely,
Mr Rachid.
Senior Auditor Foreign Remittance Unit.
Bank Of Africa.(BOA)

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