419 scam: Mrs Madina Dauda <mrsmadinadauda1999@gmail.com> GOOD DAY FRIEND I NEED YOUR REPLY IMMEDIATELY.

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Madina Dauda <mrsmadinadauda1999@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsmadinadauda2011@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:26:10 +0100 (BST)
Subject: GOOD DAY FRIEND I NEED YOUR REPLY IMMEDIATELY.

>From Mrs.Madina Dauda,
Bill and Exchange Manager,
Bank of Africa (B.O.A)
Ouagadougou , Burkina Faso .

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Very Confidential
Dear Friend,

I am Mrs.Madina Dauda; manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department of bank of Africa (B.O.A) Ouagadougou , Burkina Faso . I would like you to indicate your interest to receive the transfer of USA $15.6 million. I would appreciate your sincerity and your faithfulness to partake in this project immediately; I am contacting you because this transaction requires a foreigner and a capable hand to push the bank to effect the payment without delay, I will like you to stand as the next of kin to my late client (Mr. Paul Louis from Paris, France) who died along with his entire family in 6th December 2003 in a 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 as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately we learn that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.

The banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after eight to nine 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.

There after I 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 deceased 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, I will send to you by fax or 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 no entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.

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.

Please 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. Donâ€™t disclose it to any body, because the secrecy of this transaction is as well as the success of it.

I am waiting to hear from you urgently.

Yours faithfully

Mrs.Madina Dauda.

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