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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: mrsellenedossouq <mrsellenedossouq@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:30:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PLEASE REPLY ME IMMEDIATELY.


















 

MY NAME IS MRS.ELLENE DOSSOUQ.
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA- (BOA)
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO.
   
 
 
                                 CONFIDENTIAL
 
I will like you to help me, in receiving of this fund into your Bank Account .However, it's just my urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction. I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance Department of BANK OF Africa (B.O.A) here in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso . In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of (US$27.5 Million dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign Customer (MR. PAUL LOUIS from Paris , France ) who died along with His entire family in July 2003 in a plane crash. and It is clear stated in our Banking rules and regulation a deposited fund which has being Dormant after Eight years shall be reverted as unclaimed fund. 
 
The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after Eight years an above, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund. I agree that 40% of this money will be for you as foreign partner in respect to the provision of a foreign account, and while 60%would be for me.
 
 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.Make sure you keep this transaction as your top secret and make it confidential till we receive the fund into the account that you will provide to the Bank. Don't disclose it to any body, because the secrecy of this transaction is as well as the success of it. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application.
 
 I will not fail to bring to your notice 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, please treat this business with utmost confidentiality and you should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter. have a great day.
 
   
Yours faithfully.
 
MRS.ELLENE DOSSOUQ.
 








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