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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: Boniface Hamado <bonifacehamado60@sify.com>
Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 00:17:51 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: BIG MONEY TRANSACTION


Dear Friend,
 
I am the bill and exchange manager at the foreign remittance department in
bank of African(B.O A) I got your email address while searching for  trustworthy
countries and individuals.
 
In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of $25M TWENTY FIVE million US
dollar In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along
with his entire family on Monday, 31 July, 2000 in accidental plane crash
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated
acted in our banking guidelines but unfortunately we learnt that all his suppose
next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody
Behind for the claim.
 
It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business
proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the
deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for
it and I don’t want this money to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed
Bill. The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained un
clamed after NINE years, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasure
as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is
occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot
stand as nest of kin to a foreigner.
 
I agree that 38% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to
the provision of a foreign account, 2% will be set aside for expenses
incurred during the business and 60% would be for me and there after I and
my wife with my children will visit your country for disbursement according
to the percentages indicated.
 
Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged
you must apply first to the bank as relations or next of kin of the decease
 indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone
and fax number for easy and effective communication and location where
the money will be remitted.
 
Upon receipt of your reply with those following information of yours, I will
send to you by email the text of the application. I will not fail to bring
to your notice that this transaction is hitch free and that you should
not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been
made for the transfer trusting to hear from you soonest possible.
 
FILL THIS FORM BELLOW PLEASE AND RESEND IT TO ME).
 
Your Full Name.............................
Your Age........................... ...........
Marital Status...............................
Your Cell Phone Number
Your Country
Your Occupation............................
Your photo or passport..........
 
BONIFACE HAMADO
Bill and exchange manager,
BANK OF AFRICA
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA
FASO WEST AFRICA

 
 



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