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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: Hazat Zongo <hazat_zongo01@voila.fr>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 06:36:38 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Attention: Please





















 







FROM THE DESK OF DR .HAZAT ZONGO

BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
BANK
OF AFRICA.a
OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA FASO.
TOP SECRET
Dear
Friend
 
I Am DR. HAZAT ZONGO. the bill and exchange manager at the
foreign remittance department of BANK OF AFRICA. I got your contact from the
internet ,while seaching for an honest and trust worthy person, who will assist
me to implement this transfer.l discovered the sum of Twenty Two Million and
five hundred Thousand United States Dollars (USD22.5M) belonging to a deceased
customer of this bank.
 
The fund has been lying in a suspence account
without anybody coming to
put claim over the money since the account owner
late Mr JOHN KOROVO from JORDAN , who was involved in the December 25th  2003
Benin plane crash. Here is the air crash  website on cn
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html
The said fund is now ready for transfer to a foriegn account whose
owner will be portrayed as the beneficiary and next of kin to the deceased
customer of the bank. Since we got information about his death, we have been
expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot
release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the
deceased as indicated in our banking guidlines and laws but unfortunately we
learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at
the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.
 
It is therefore
upon this discovery that I decided to make this business proposal to you and
release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for
safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and I don't
want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill.
 
The
banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed
after seven years, the money will be transfered into the bank treasury as
unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is
occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot
stand as next of kin to a foreigner. I therefore soliciting for your assistance
to come forward as the next of kin.
I have agreed that 40% of this money will
be for you as the beneficiary
in respect of the provision of your Account and
services rendered, 55% would be for me while 5% will be for expencses incured
during the cause of this transaction If the money is transferred to your Account
from BANK OF AFRICA,
I and my family in this transaction will proceed immediately to
your
country for our own share of the money. I expect you to keep
this
business strictly confidential and secret as you may wish to know that I
am Bank official.
 
Be rest assured that this business is 100% risk free
on both side and every arrangement to transfer this money to the Account you are
going to provide have been concluded provided we maintain the confidentiality
and secreceirity involved.
looking forward for your prompt response.my
phone number is 226 75 59 09 32
 
Yours faithfully,
DR.HAZAT
ZONGO.
 
 

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