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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: Mustapha Ali <mustapha_ali1@sify.com>
Reply-To: mustapha_ali1@rocketmail.com
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:13:50 +0100 (BST)
Subject: GOOD DAY FROM DR.MUSTAPHA ALI.


FROM DR.MUSTAPHA ALI
BILL & EXCHANGE MANAGER/ AUDITING.
GROUP BANK
OF AFRICA  (BOA)
BURKINA-FASO WEST AFRICA.
 
 
My Dear
Friend,
 
With due respect I am Dr. MUSTAPHA ALI  the Bill & Exchange
Manager at FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT,  Please  In my department we discovered an
abandoned sum of U.S $15.5 Million US dollars, FIFTEEN  MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS in an account that belonged to one of our Foreign
Customers who died along with his entire Family 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 it as the next of kin or a business associate to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines and laws, but unfortunately we learnt that
all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane
crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.
 
So  therefore upon this
discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you so that the
Bank can release the money to you as the next of kin or a Business Associate 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 treasury as unclaimed bill.

 
Since the bank law and guideline here stipulates that if such money
remained unclaimed after 7 years the money will be transferred into the bank
treasury as unclaimed fund.  The request of Foreigner as next of kin in this
Business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and some
one from my Country Burkina Faso  here can not stand as next of kin to claim the
fund .
 
I agree that 50% of this money will be for you as a foreign
partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account which you are going to
provide  for the transferring of the fund  and 50% will  be for me and my
Family.  There after I and my Family will visit your country for disbursement
according to the percentages indicated and for some possible investment under
your kind control.
 
 
Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of
this fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to our  bank as a Business
Associate to ENGR .ADAMS SALAH  the  Late  Deceased person. Please i will like
this transaction to be strictly between you and i Upon receipt of your reply, I
will start by forwarding  to you the Application Form which you will fill and
send to the bank for the release of the fund into your account.
 
I will
not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is risk free and  you
should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been
made for the transfer and also given you 100% full Assurance for the  risk free
transaction. Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as
arranged, you must apply first to the bank as a Business Associate and also 
Next of Kin to  the Late deceased person ENGR .Adams Salah from Toronto Canada. 

 
So I will like you to send me the following information's bellow before
i can send to you the Full Details along with the Application Form to fill and
apply for the release of the
fund.
 
Name........................................
Your
Country...............................
Occupation...................................
Age..............................................
Your  
Marital Status.......................
Your Personal Fax
N°......................
Your  Personal Mobile N°.................
Your
Sex...........................................
Your id card or Int
passport...................
 
You should contact me  immediately as soon
as you receive this letter with those information's which  i needed  from you,
for me to process the text of application form which  you are to fill and apply
to our  bank. Trusting to hear from you immediately,
 
POST SCRITUM: You
have to keep everything top secret as to enable the transfer to move very
smoothly into your  account which  you are going to  provide to the bank. 

 
Please you should feel free to ask me any question or some thing that
you did not understand after reading this proposal for more clarification to
avoid mistake.
 
Yours faithfully.
 
Dr.Mustapha Ali .
 

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