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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: Engineer Debbie Mayorga <engineerdebbie@yandex.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 11:12:53 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Very urgent.


 With due respect,

My name is ENGINEER DEBBIE MAYORGA; I am one of the officials in the Energy management board in Burkina Faso, West Africa.

We had a contract with Denmark through the Burkina Faso Danish Cooperation, which was signed on Monday 3rd of March 2014 on the Electrification of the urban centers, offices and rural dwellers. The project has been executed, you can check on the website:

www.sonabel.bf

But, the main issue of contacting you is to intimate you that during the award of this contract, a few of my colleagues and l had inflated the amount of this contract and the OVER- INVOICED is being safeguarded under our custody.

However, we have decided to transfer this sum of money, forty five million United State of America dollars ($45.000.000.00million U.S Dollars) out of this Country for disbursement. Hence, we seek for a reliable, honest and not greedy foreign partner whom we shall use his or her account for transferring the fund. And we agreed that the account owner shall benefit 25% of the total amount of money, 70% is for us here, and 5% will be used for miscellaneous expenses during the transfer.

Therefore, if you are capable to handle the transaction without hitches and flaws, then we have confidence in the business with you and a risk free transfer from our side. Please, make it TOP SECRET and avoid every channel of implicating us here thereby endanger our career.

Therefore, if you will not be able to handle it, please hold on your peace for our sake we are public servants. We pray to God for his providence for a smooth transfer so that our retiring soon or later will be a better and blissful retirement life, as such we are very cautious towards actualizing this noble venture. It can also be a once in life opportunity for you because, we know that we are going to see face-face, preferably come down to Burkina Faso and verify on the claim on the said amount of money in the bank. Besides, to discuss business and investment in your country at large, and thereafter sit together to decide on the means of transferring.

Do contact me immediately for more clarifications.

Please, time is no longer on our side.

Best regards,
Engineer Debbie Mayorga

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