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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: Mr Ahmed Ibrahim <mrahmedibrahim1946@voila.fr>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:02:57 +0530 (IST)
Subject: MY DEAR GOOD FRIEND.




MY DEAR GOOD FRIEND,



I Know That This Message Will Come To You As A Surprise. I Mr Ahmed Ibrahim the auditing and accounting manager Credit Agricole Bank (C.A.B) here in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of (US$35m dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer, who death in air crashed with his wife.



It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you and reuse the money to you as the beneficiary of the fund to the deceased customer 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 account treasury as unclaimed bill or fund.



We Gives Thanks To God For Making Every Thing Goes Smooth, Been Today We Attended A Meeting With (C.A.B) Bank And We Discuss About The Transfer Of The Fund Into Your Account, Receipt Of Your Reply. I Will Send You More Information And The Bank Contact. Occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner that is why i contact you to help me stand beneficiary of the relation to the deceased.



I agree that 40% of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision of a foreign account, and 60% would be for me. And any expenses that come from the business or transaction will be for both of us.



If You Are Interest to Assist Me, You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this mail, So That I Will Give You The Bank Information That You will fill and send it to the bank Director so that they can proceed on the fund on your name.



1. Your full name:

2. Your phone numbers:

3. Your age:

4. Yoursex:

5. Your occupation:

6. Your country and city:

7. Your copy of your identity card.



Best Regards.

Mr Ahmed Ibrahim.


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