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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. Nangro Yebah" <nangroyebah@outlook.fr>
Reply-To: nangroyebah@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 04:06:48 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: I expect your urgent communication.

Dear Friend,

Good day.

I hope that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that i am about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our both families.

I presumed that all is well with you and your family,please let this not be a surprised message to you because i got your contact information from the
international directory few weeks ago before i decided to contact you on this magnitude and lucrative transaction for our present and future survival in life. Moreover, i have laid all the solemn trust in you before i decided to disclose this successful and confidential transaction to you.

I am Mr. Nangro Yebah, the senior auditor in charge of foreign remittance unit of our bank and i decided to contact you for this financial transaction
worth Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand us dollars ($10.5m) for our present and future success. This is an abandoned fund that belongs to one of
our bank foreign customers who died along with his entire family through plane crash few years ago.

Meanwhile, i was very fortunate to come across the deceased file when i was arranging the old and abandoned customers file in other to sign and
submit to the central bank for an official re documentation and audit of the year against 2020.

Informed clearly that it was stated in our foreign banking rules and regulations which was signed lawfully that if such fund remains unclaimed till the
period of ten years started from the date the beneficiary died, the money will be transferred into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund however, it is
not authorizes by the rules guiding our bank for a citizen of burkina faso to make the claim of the fund unless you are a foreigner no matter the
country.

So the request of you as a foreigner is necessary to apply for the claim and transfer of the fund smoothly into your reliable bank account as the next
of kin to the deceased.when the fund is transferred into your account 45% will be for you in respect of all your assistance for the transfer of the fund
into your account and provision of the bank account where the bank will remit the fund,50% will be for me being the pioneer of the business while the rest 5% will be shared to respectable organizations such as charity and the destitudes homes around us in the world.

If you are really sure of your trustworthiness, accountability and confidentiality on this transaction contact me and accept not to change your mind to
cheat or disappoint me when the fund is transferred into your account.so reply for the assurance with your telephone and fax numbers to facilitate
easy communication. As soon as you reply, you notify me so that i will let you know the next step and procedure to follow in order to finalize this
transaction successfully.

I expect your urgent communication.

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Nangro Yebah.

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