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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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Fraud email example:

From: Mr Zage Amadou <mr_zage_amadou@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: zage_amadou2000@voila.fr
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:41:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FORM MR ZAGE AMADOU,


                          accounts & audit department,

                        african development bank, (adb)

                          ouagadougou, burkina faso.

                              +226 78 90 59 34   

dear friend,

i am writting to seek your coperation
over this business please do welcome this letter.i am Mr ZAGE AMADOU,
the director of the accounts and audit department at the african
development bank ouagadougou west africa with due respect i have decided
to contact you on a business transaction that will be



beneficial to both of us.



at the bank's last accounts / audit
evaluations, my staff came across an old account which was being
maintained by a foreign costumer of the bank who we



learnt was among  the deceased
passengers of a fatal motor accident on november 2007. the deceased has
been unable to run this account since his death and the account has
remained dormant without the knowledge of his family since it was a safe
deposit account in the bank for future investment by the bank



costumer, since his demise, even the
members of his family have not applied for claims over this fund due to
their ignorance of the existence of this account and the balance of the
money has been in the safe deposit account until i discovered that it
cannot be claimed since our deceased costumer is a foreign



national and we are sure  that he has
no next of kin here to file for claims over the money. as the director
of the department, this discovery was brought to my office so as to
decide what is to be done.  i decided to seek ways through which to
transfer this money out of the bank and out of the country too.  the
total initial amount deposited in this account was thirty six million,
five hundred



thousand dollars (usd 36,500,000.00) but with subsequent withdrawals from the account by the depositor before his death,



the account was audited by my
department and we discovered that the remaining balance in the bank
account is ten million, five hundred thousand dollars (usd 10,
500.000.00 and with my position as the accounts and audit department
director of this bank.





i am handicapped because i cannot
operate foreign accounts and cannot lay bonafide claim over this money.
the deceased costumer was a foreign national and you will only be asked
to act as his next of kin and i will supply you with all the necessary
information and bank data to assist you in being able to transfer this
money to any bank of your choice where this money could be transferred
to.



the total sum will be shared as
follows: 50% for me, 50% for you and expenses incidental occur during
the transfer will be incured by both of us. the transfer is risk free on
both sides hence you are going to follow my instructions until the fund
is transferred to your account and since i work in this bank,



you should be confident in the success
of this transaction because you will be updated with information as at
when desired.i will wish you to keep this transaction secret and
confidential as i am hoping to retire with my share of this money at the
end of transaction which will be



confirmed by your bank that the money
is safety in your account. i will then come over to your country for the
sharing according to the previously agreed percentages. you might even
have to advise me on possibilities of investment in your country or
elsewhere of our choice.





please for further information and
enquiries, i want you to feel free to contact me immediately, besides i
need your mobile telephone number and all your personal information for
urgent and effective communication and do not fail to call me for us to
agree on a way forward to actualise the transfer of the funds.



thanks i am waiting for your urgent response!

FORM MR ZAGE AMADOU,

+226 78 90 59 34

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