419 scam: Paul Mabou <mr.mabou@voila.fr> ASSIST ME TRANSFER THIS FUND OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Paul Mabou <mr.mabou@voila.fr>
Reply-To: paul60@voila.fr
Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 08:17:42 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: ASSIST ME TRANSFER THIS FUND OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY

ASSIST ME TRANSFER THIS FUND OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY

Dear Friend,

Inconfidence and trust I propose this profitable business transaction to you. I work with Bank International Burkina Faso. Audit in the Bank conducted few years ago revealed that a sum of USD$11.3million was in our Bank unclaimed. Thereafter, I investigated and found out that the owner perished in bomb blast along side his entire family.

The name of the deceased Customer is Mr. Adams Saleh, from Lebanon. Henaturalized in our Country for years before he perished along with his next of kin in bomb in year 2003. He naturalized in our Country for years before he perished along with his next of kin in bomb 2003, He was a contractor and also the major supplier of Agricultural Equipments and also deal on gold and diamond in Sierra leon before the war broke out there.

I am soliciting your assistance to see that this transaction issuccessfully completed, and subsequent upon will be invested in yourcountry .Everything has been put in place for a hitch-free transaction.

Please for further information and enquiries feel free to contact me back immediately for more explanation and better understanding.

Hoping to have a mutual business relationship.

I wait your urgent response.

Regards,
Mr.Paul Mabou Compaore.
Bank International Burkina(BIB).

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