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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.Alpha" <mralphaisoko4@ig.com.br>
Reply-To: mralphaisoko@ymail.com
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 15:12:08 +0000
Subject: I look forward to receive your email.


*FROM: MR ALPHA MUSA.
AUDITING/ACCOUNTING DIRECTOR*
*BANK OF AFRICA(BOA)
BURKINA-FASO WEST AFRICA.

Dear Friend,*
*I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer of a huge sum of
money from a deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of this
magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried,but I am assuring you
that all will be well at the end of the day. I decided to contact you due to
the urgency of this transaction.PROPOSITION; I discovered an abandant sum of
$11.5M(Eleven Million Five Hundred thousand United states Dollars) in an
account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with
his entire family on 31 july 2000 in a plane crash.You can confirm the
genuiness of the deceased death by clicking on this web site **
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm*<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm>
*
*
**
*Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to
lay claims to this money as the heir. I cannot release the fund from his
account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased
as indicated in our banking guidelines.Upon this discovery, I now seek your
permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased as all
documentations will be carefully worked out by me for the funds
$11.5M(Eleven Million Five Hundred thousand United states Dollars) to be
released in your favour as the beneficiary's next of kin.It may interest you
to note that I have secured from the probate an order of madamus to locate
any of deceased beneficiaries.

Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of my mutual
business endeavour by furnishing me with the following; *
* *
*1. Your Name in full (first,middle and last name)
2. Your House or office address
3. Your Direct Telephone
4. Your Age
5. Your Marital Status
6. Your Occupation.
*
**
* I shall be compensating you with 30% while 60% will be for me and 10% will
be mapped out for expenses .Your share stays with you while my own will be
for investment purposes in your country.If you agree to my business
proposal.further details of the transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as
i receive your return mail. *
* *
*Regards,
MR ALPHA MUSA.
*

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