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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. Sirima Ardjouma" <farukodg6782@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 16:21:53 -1200
Subject: Urgent attention from Mr. Sirima Ardjouma.

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Urgent attention from Mr. Sirima Ardjouma.
.
I am Mr. Sirima Ardjouma, the former (DG) General Directorate for
Mines and Geology Quarries and Energy (MMCE) - Burkina Faso. The
Ministers and the senior government officials are all under house
arrest detention along with our families when the Military took over
the power from the president of my country; we are arrested and all
our assets are ceased and bank accounts frozen as we are under the
Military security surveillance watch dog.

I have some money credited into ATM DEBIT VISA CARD worth the sum of
$7,600,000.000.00 US Dollars (Seven Million Six Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars Only) with a bank here in my country, I need you
assistant urgently to move the ATM DEBIT VISA CARD to your country for
security purpose, to avoid the Military security surveillances from
finding out about the funds, if they finds out, the funds will be
confiscated.

I agree you take %40 of the funds to make sure you secure the funds
pending on when we will be released by the Military government in
power. If my offer interests you, kindly reach me back urgently with
full assurance from you for the safety of the funds and transparency,
kindly send along your full names, your country of origin, your age
and marital status, then your mobile contact number/WhatsApp etc. then
I will forward your information’s to the bank to do the needful and I
will authorize the bank to release the ATM CARD to you.
Waiting for your urgent reply,

Mr. Sirima Ardjouma.

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