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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. Abdul Bacho" <abdulbachob@gmail.com>
Reply-To: abdulbacho@rayana.ir
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2018 10:43:06 +0100
Subject: PRIVATE PLEASE


Dear Friend,

Please confirm back, can your account receive huge amount? Reply so we can discuss details and what will be your commission; I got your contact through our area of commerce and industry directory.

My name is Abdul Bacho, Working at Asian Development Bank (ADB) Cebu City Philippine, as the Manager of Auditing & Accountant Department. During our last banking Audits three months ago we discovered an abandoned account belongs to one of our Deceased Customer, Late Dr. Walid Ahmed Juffali, Citizen of Saudi Arabia and Billionaire Saudi businessman, he was the chairman of E. A. Juffali and Brothers, one of Saudi Arabia’s largest companies.

The transaction is legal; please delete the message if you are not interested.

Yours Truly
Mr.Bacho.


Cher ami,

Veuillez confirmer en retour, votre compte bénéficient énormément? Réponse donc nous pouvons discuter des détails et de ce que sera votre commission; J’ai eu votre contact grâce à notre espace de commerce et industrie de répertoire.

Mon nom est Abdul Bacho, Travail à la Banque Asiatique de Développement (BAD) Cebu City, Philippines comme le directeur de l’audit & département comptable. Au cours de nos dernières vérifications bancaires il y a trois mois, nous avons découvert un compte abandonné appartient à l’un de nos client décédé, Fin businessman Dr Walid Ahmed Juffali, citoyen d’Arabie saoudite et le milliardaire saoudien, il a été président de E. A. Juffali et frères, une des plus grandes compagnies de l’Arabie saoudite.

La transaction est légale ; s’il vous plaît supprimer le message si vous n’êtes pas intéressé.

Vôtre vraiment
Mr.Bacho.


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