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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: smith <smithjohnson853@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 22:41:35 +0300
Subject: hi,

From the Desk of Mr.Johnson Smith,
Audit/account Manager
Foreign Remittance Department.
Bank Of Africa
Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso.



I am Mr.Johnson Smith,Manager Audit/Accounting Department Bank o f
Africa (B.O.A) i would like to know if this proposal will be worth while
for your acceptance.i have a Foreign Customer, Manfred Hoffman from
Germany who was an Investor, Crude Oil Merchant and Federal Government
Contractor, he was a victim with Concord Air Line, flight AF4590 killing
113 people crashed on 25 July 2000 near Paris leaving a closing balance
of Nineteen Million Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
($27.3m) in one of his Private US dollar Account that being managed by
me as his Customer's Account Officer.

Base on my security report, these funds can be claimed/transfer
without any hitches as no one is aware of the funds and it's closing
balance except me and the customer who is (Now Deceased) therefore, I
can present you as the Next of Kin and we will work out the modality
for claiming of the funds in accordance with the law. if you are
interested , please contact me through email for further details.i
expect your letter. our sharing ratio will be 60% for me and 40% for you.

i will give you a clear and simple explanation on how the fund will be
transferred as quickly as possible upon your reply, meanwhile i got your
contact details from Google elementary search when i was looking for a
reliable foreign partner and business mogul whom i can trust for this
transaction,


sincerely
Mr Johnson Smith,

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