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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 Abdul Ahmed <mrabdulahmed05@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrabdulahmed@hotmail.fr
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:10:07 +0530 (IST)
Subject: This Is A Great And Profitable Message From Mr Ahmed Abdul,




Office of the manager auditing and accounting

Bank of African

Ouagadougou Burkina Faso

C/o Mr Abdul Ahmed.



Attention please:



I am the above mentioned name with said office position. I am contacting you regarding a business transaction which I wish to execute with the help of a foreigner. There is an account here in our bank with a credit balance of Fourty Five Million United State Dollars ($45 Million.) this money has been dormant for years and as am talking to you now, this said account is without any beneficiary or heir.



I have explored all options and decided on executing this deal with a foreigner. Now I want to know if you are capable of receiving this huge amount of money into your foreign account and have 40% of it as your share: I will provide every information and materials we will need to back up the claim and ensure that our bank releases the fund to you as the beneficiary to the account.



I have worked out everything before contacting you so you shouldn’t be afraid of anything as we will follow the official way to get the bank to approve the fund to you. I will give you all the details regarding this account and the transfer as soon as I hear from you and please make this proposal a top secret and delete it if you are not interested.



With Best Regards.

Mr Abdul Ahmed.

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