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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: "Mr. Oumar Aboubacar." <mousseo2@aol.fr>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2017 13:41:00 -0400
Subject: Follow My Instructions,



Dear Friend,
I hope you are fine overthere in your country. I know that this message will come as a surprise to youbut let me start by introducing myself; I am Mr. Oumar Aboubacar, Manager ofAfrican Development Bank Burkina Faso. I am writing you this letter to fulfillmy promise to Allah,

Now listen to me let meexplain to you in my department in the bank I discovered the sum of ($18.600,000. eighteen Million six hundred thousand United State Dollars) and I wassearching for a foreigner partner who will assist me to claims the fund,

Fist I send you anE-mail concern this transaction but I waited to hear from you about thetransaction business in which I proposed to you but I did not hear anythingfrom you again maybe you are too busy or you did not received my message,

So I have to search foranother person who will assist me in the transaction and so luckily for me Ifound a partner from South Korea and both of us did the transaction successful,

I promised Allah if thetransaction move successfully that I will give out 10 percent of the total fundout to the motherless babies and the widowers for Charity work and luckily forus the transaction was 100% risk free,

So as a good Muslim Idid not forget my promise to Allah, I decided to give out the 10 percent to theneed one’s I have been searching for who to hand over the fund to, before Iremembered you so I decided to hand over the money under your care for you touse and help the motherless babies and the widowers over there in your country,

Now I am in SouthKorea with my new partner who helped me finalizedeverything about the transaction. So I kept the total sum of $ 1.860,000,Million (One Million eight Hundred sixty Thousand United State Dollars),

As the 10 percent of thetotal fund for the motherless babies and the widowers and I deposited the moneywith the CORIS BANK INTERNATIONAL under the care of my secretary Ms. BintaAmadou email (bintaamadou0@gmail.com)

So contact Ms. BintaAmadou immediately via her email address so that she will direct you on how toreceive the funds. Note that my secretary will be waiting to hear from youbecause I have deposited this money long time ago but because of the project amhandling here in South Korea I don’t have access tointernet,

So Feel free to contactmy secretary Ms. Binta Amadou she will direct you on how you will receive thefund into your bank account in your country, Note that I will not be checkingmy email because i am too busy here in South Korea,

Please keep thistransaction as secret do not let my secretary Or anyone know about thistransaction I kept the fund under My Secretary care because i told her that themoney is for Charity Project,

So contact her andintroduce yourself to her because I have also told her about you sotell her to direct you on how you will receive the funds please make sure thatthe motherless babies and the widowers over there in your country will receivethis money,

Thanks’
Best Regards,
Mr. Oumar Aboubacar,


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