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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: "Mrs.Victoria Kudougou." <victoriakudougou@sify.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 22:31:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PLEASE REPLY TO ME IMMEDIATELY.



PLEASE
REPLY TO ME IMMEDIATELY.
MY NAME
IS MRS.VICTORIA KUDOUGOU.
BILL AND
EXCHANGE MANAGER,
BANK OF
AFRICA- (BOA)
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA
FASO.   
 
 
                                
      CONFIDENTIAL.
        
  Dear Friend,
 
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
anybody, 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.VICTORIA
KUDOUGOU.
 
 



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