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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: Abdul Salif <abdulsalif2@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 09:12:11 -0800
Subject: HELLO

Abdul Salif ,{ESQ}
Avenue Bassawaga
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Email: (abdul-salif@consultant.com)

Dear Friend,

Compliments of the day. I hope that this letter does not surprise you
because we have not met. However, I urge you to treat the information
with it's contains with due and utmost attention. Apart from being
eternally grateful to you, I also assure that you shall be adequately
compensated.

My name is Abdul Salif an attorney at law, I am the only registered
attorney to Late business tycoon Eng. Sallas Adams Who died with the
entire family in an auto crash on the 29th october 2006 in
Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso and While he was alive,he
deposited huge sum of amount with a Security Company in here,valued
$10.5 Million (Ten Million five hundred thousand us dollars).

The Security Company have informed me that the demurrage on the
consignment has risen so high and they have called to inform my client
to come forward to claim his consignment without knowing that my
client is dead. I am planning to present you to the company as the
beneficiary to the consignment.

If you agree,we can arrange the moderlities of sharing the money as
soon the consignment is released. 40% to you while 60% for me. You can
forward your informations like your full names and address, Telephone
and Fax numbers.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us accomplish this
transaction.I guarantee you that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law.


I await for your urgent response.
Yours Faithfully,
Abdul Salif

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