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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: Zeba idrissa <zebaidrissa@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:32:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: very very urgent















I
am Mr zeba idrissa a banker in AFRICA Bank (B OA). I have decided to
contact you on  business deal of us$4.5.000 (four.five million United
States dollars). The depositor of the said fund died with his entire
family during the Iraq war in 2004. According to our banking law, if the
fund remains unclaimed for six (6) years then, the fund will be
transferred into the reserve bank as unclaimed bill.
I wish to
present you as his cousin or business partner so that the bank will
transfer the fund into your bank account for us to share it. Your
percentage will be 40% while 60% will be for me. As an insider in this
bank, I assure you that, this transaction is 100% risk free. If you are
willing for this deal, contact me for more details but if you are not
capable, please notify me.
The transaction will take us only
few banking days. Do not disclose this deal to anybody because I want
the secret to be between us only. I will give you the text of the
application to fill and send to the Bank for the release of the fund
into your bank account on the receipt of your message.
I will be glad
to hear from you as soon as you receive this message as to enable me
give you the application to fill and send to the bank.
 
 
 1 Phone And Fax Number,
2 Address
3 Your Full Nam
4 country Name
5 Your Age
6 your sex

7your bank account




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