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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.Tala ALLASANE. <mr.tala-417@msn.com>
Reply-To: talaallasane2000@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:33:40 +0000
Subject: FROM MR.TALA ALLASANE.

Hi Friend,

I am Mr.Tala ALLASANE (Banker) Auditing Manager of Credit/Debit Unit in Banque Commerciale Du Burkina (BCB), Ouagadougou-Burkina Faso. I contacted you as regards to a business proposal that will be of an immense benefit to both of us and the less privileged ones. Being the accounting manager, I discovered a sum of $7.200, 000.00 USD (SEVEN MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) only in a Fixed Account belonging to one of our foreign customers Late Mr. Moses Saba Masri. He was a Jewish business from Mexico that died on a helicopter crash early this year. Mr. Saba was 47-years-old when both his wife, his only son Avraham (Albert) and his daughter-in-law died in a helicopter crash.
You can get more information's as regards to this on below website
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3832556,00.html
This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages 50% to me and 50% for you. Please, kindly provide me your full contact details/Profile as l stated below:
1. Your full name….
2. Direct Mobile Number…..
3. Contact Address…..
4. Sex/Age….....
5. Marital Status…….
6. Occupation…..
7. Country Of Origin......
8. Attached any of Your Identification Copy…..
As to enable us proceed immediately  we have 7 working days to run it through from the date of your application submit to our BCB bank foreign remittance & Finance Unit. Having gone through a methodical search, I decided to contact you hoping that you will find this proposal interesting. Please on your confirmation of this message and indicating your interest I will furnish you with more information's. Therefore, Contact me via e-Mail.
Your assent to this e-mail and business proposal will be highly appreciated.

Thanks and regard.
Yours Truly,
Mr.Tala ALLASANE.

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