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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: Didem Fajarrah <didemfajarrah@yandex.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 02:19:37 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: STRICTLY AND CONFIDENTIAL:



Dear Friend,
Greetings to you and your family, I am the Bill and Exchange manager African Development Bank (ADB) here in Ouagadougou Burkina Faso, West-Africa. I have a business proposal in the tune of $15.5m, (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Only) and after the successful transfer.I am writing, following the impressive information about you through one of my friends WORKS WITH THE BURKINA CHAMBERS firm.

I agree that 40% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10% will be set aside for expenses occurred during the business and 50% would be for me.
I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.
Should you be interested, please contact me so we can commence all arrangements and i will give you more information on how we would handle this project.
Please treat this business with utmost confidentiality and send me the Following;
1. Your Full Name: ............
2. Your Phone Number: ..........
3. Your Age: ....................
4. Your Sex: ..................
5. Your Occupations: ............
6. Your Country and City: ....
Yours Faithful,
Bill & Exchange Manager.
Mr.Didem Fajarrah.

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