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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: John Kairo <gu@okcox.com>
Reply-To: johnkairo97@ozu.es
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:12:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Contact me

Hello,

My name is Mr. John Kairo, the branch Manager of a top bank here in my
country Burkina Faso.I wish to inform you that this letter is not a hoax
mail and I urge you to treat it serious, I believe it is only a day people
meet and become great friends and business partners. I write you this
proposal in good faith, believing that I can trust you with the
information I am about to reveal to you. I have a transaction in my bank
that will benefit both of us.

There is an account in my bank with total sum of $11,300,000 million that
has not been operated for the past 8 years. This account belongs to the
Late Mr. Morris Thompson, an American great industrialist and a resident
of Alaska, who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska
Airlines Flight 261 which occured on January 31 2000,including his wife
and only daughter. See below website for details
http://www.mywikibiz.com/Alaska_Airlines_Flight_261#_note-3

I need your cooperation as a foreigner so that I can give you information
on how you can apply to my bank as a relative to the late Morris Thompson.
Contact me now so we can reach agreement of understanding, and I will give
you all necessary details on how to apply for the fund transfer to your
bank account. Reply soonest including your full names, address and telephone
number.The funds shall be transferred to your account bit by bit to avoid
querry from your bank.

Regards.
John Kairo. Tel. +226 75117728

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