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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: Ebrima Faai <www.faaiebrima@gmail.com>
Reply-To: www.ebrimafaai@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 11:19:52 -0600
Subject: African Development Bank



African Development Bank
399 Witch-Hazels Avenue
Highveld Ext. 78
Centurion South Africa

Attention: Sir/Madam.

This letter is written to you in order to change your life from today.
I am Mr. Ebrima Faal the Director, International Remittance Department
of this Bank, My Boss, Mr. Ousmane Dore, the Managing director of this
bank is now on compulsory leave and all power have been vested on me
to make all international payments.

Also, due to reported cases of corrupt practices in other African
Banks including the Reserve Bank of South Africa, the South African
Government has revoked/canceled all power vested on those banks and
has appointed our bank (African Development Bank South Africa) to make
all foreign payments. Be informed that the Government have approved
the release of part-payment of$6.5M (Six Million Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars) out of your total funds, which has been in this bank for many
years unclaimed because my boss Mr. Ousmane Dore, in collaboration
with the Governor of Reserve Bank have refused to tell you the truth
on how to claim your fund this is because he has been using the
interest accumulated from your fund every year to enrich himself
without your knowledge.

I am here to ensure you have your payment into your bank account using
the easiest and the quickest method, which have not been made known to
you before. By this method, you will open a domiciliary account with
this bank (African Development Bank) Your fund will be lodged into
this domiciliary account and will be paid directly into any bank of
your choice. After the transfer, you will confirm the fund in your
bank account within 5hours the same day. No Cost of Transfer (COT) and
no stoppage from any Government departments as the transfer will be
done within the bank alone and it is very safe and legitimate.

You are advise to forward your

Full Name:
Your contact address:
Your phone number:
Your Occupation:
Your Sex: Male
Your Date of Birth:

To enable me open a domiciliary account for you {Be informed that
opening account is free}

Awaiting your urgent response,

Mr. Ebrima Faai
Tel: +27 742 688 600
Email: www.ebrimafaai@gmail.com

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