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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Aziz M.Issa" <azizissa101@voila.fr>
Reply-To: azizissa@voila.fr
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:50:36 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: From Mr.Aziz M. Issa







>From Mr.Aziz M. Issa
Bill And Exchange Manager
Freeing International Dept
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso
West Africa
MY DIRECT LINE +226-75-99-25-50.
 
Dear Friend,
 
I am Mr.Aziz M. Issa, the manager of foreign remittance department Banquet International Du Burkina (B.I.B) Bank Ouagadougou Burkina Faso In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of ($10.5m US dollars) (Ten Million five hundred thousand US Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer, who died along with his entire family on May 22, 2010, in plane crash.
 
Since i got information about his death, I have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we can not release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the decease as indicated in our banking guidelines and laws, but unfortunately i learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died along side with him at the plane clash leaving no body behind for the claim.
 
It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the decease 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.
 
The banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after five years, the money will be transferred into the bank treasure as unclaimed fund. The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a (Burkina be) cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
 
I agree that 50% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account upon our conclussion and 50% will be for me.
 
Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arrange, you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin to the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location where in the money will be remitted upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the application which you will fill your banking Details and send to our bank.
 
I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.
 
You should call me immediately on my direct line +226-75-99-25-50 as soon as you receive this letter for more explanation.
 
Yours faithfully,
Mr.Aziz M.Issa
MY DIRECT LINE +226-75-99-25-50.
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER (B.I.B)BANK

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