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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: wisdom clif <mr_wisdom@sify.com>
Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 13:53:13 GMT
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,

How are you doing ? With hope all is alright like us here.

Please treat this message strictly confidential and do not be surprise over this unexpected and sudden communication to you. I got your contact from a reliable international directory where I decided to choose you as to assist me pull into your bank account the sum of Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($10.5M) from our bank. Reply to my private email: mr_wisdom@sify.com beneficiary of this account died (May his soul rest in peace) with his entire family during the Iraq war in 2006 by the U.S Bomb Explosion,Nobody were officially interested to stand for the claim as the next of kin to the deceased and our banking law stated that if such fund remain unclaimed for four years then, the fund will be transfer into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill .

Therefore, I need your attention and trust so we can make a business deal in order to move this fund to your account and, once the fund is transferred, I will ensure that every information about this deal will be erased automatically from this bank. For us achieve this successfully, you should apply to our bank as the business partner/extended relative to the deceased. Nevertheless, I will use my good office to ensure that my bank granted urgent approval for the release of this fund to your bank account. This transaction is 100% risk free.

Hence the fund is released; I will resign quickly to join you over there in your country for disbursement of the fund.Your percentage will be 40% while 60% for me. Contact me only through this my private email mr_wisdom@sify.com
more details about this deal: We have to start the process immediately to avoid our bank to send the fund to central bank of Burkina Faso as unclaimed fund but if you are not interested, please delete the message and don't reply to me.

I am waiting for your response.

Yours brother,
Mr.wisdom clif.
Home: 120, Airport Road, Off new market Junction,
Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso.
Reply to my private email: mr_wisdom@sify.com

 

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