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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 Hamza <abdul.hamza03@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:05:43 +0000
Subject: PRIVATE & VERY CONFIDENTAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Good day,

My name is Mr. Abdul Hamza, i am a staff in a branch of Bank Of Africa here
in Ouagadougou - Burkina Faso, and i got your contact through an
International Business Research Directory.

There is Inheritance fund sum US$22,300,000 (TWENTY TWO MILLION THREE
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) to be claim for investments in your
country respond with your private telephone number for easy communication.

I also want to assure you that this transaction is 100% risk-free. On
smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will take 45% of the total sum
as your own share, while 5% will be set aside take care of any expenses
that may arise during the time of transfer, and the remaining 50% will be
for me.

Reply to my private email: abdul.hamza03@gmail.com

Thanks & kind regards,

Mr. Abdul Hamza

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