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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: Mrs Rose Patrick <rosepatrick9@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs.rosepatrick1973@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:27:47 +0900 (KST)
Subject: FROM MRS. ROSE PATRICK



FROM MRS. ROSE PATRICK

HEAD OF FOREIGN OPERATION

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

Direct Lines +226 74666611



Dear Friend,



I am Mrs. Rose Patrick, the Head of Foreign Operation, holding the post of foreign and local inheritance funds in African development bank Ouagadougou Burkina Faso. I discovered existing dormant account for 5years. When I discovered that there had been neither continuation nor withdrawals from this account for this long period and our banking laws stipulates that any unserviceable account for more than 5years will go into the bank revenue as an unclaimed fund.



I have made personal inquiries about the depositor and his next of kin but sadly, the depositor and his next of kin died on their way to business trip, and he left no body behind for this claim, I only made this investigation just to be double sure of this fact and since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives information concerning this fund, I seek your concern for further assistance to stand as the real next of kin to the deceased person so that our bank will release the fund on your behalf.



Amount to claim US$25.200.000.00

Now my questions are:-

1. Can you handle this project?

2. Can I give you this trust?



If yes, call me and send to me your personal information as below:

Your name :....................

Your address:..................

Your country:..................

Your occupation:...............

Your age:......................

Telephone number:..............

This information is necessary,



Upon the receipt of your reply, I will give you the full details on how the business will be executed and also note that you will have 50% of the above mentioned sum as your own share while 50% will be for me, and both of us will handle the expenses that may arise in this transaction. I am expecting your urgent responses to enable me inform you on how the business will be executed. Please keep this proposal as a top secret or delete if you are not interested,



Thanks

Mrs. Rose Patrick

Tel : +226 74666611

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